jiggy
Americanadjective
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nervous; active; excitedly energetic.
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wonderful and exciting, especially because stylish.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of jiggy
Example Sentences
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Respectfully, I get jiggy and have fun in some songs.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2023
“Everything about him I studied. The cover art. The art direction. The jiggy, the shiny suits. He has so much to do with my outlook on aesthetics.”
From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2022
"While I become a pound shop Political Bruno Tonioli with some trepidation, and this sort of stuff is guaranteed to make some groan, I thought the PM's jiggy thingy was great," he said.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2018
Na na na na na na na nana Na na na na nana Gettin jiggy wit it — Nelson Mandela.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2017
So pipes Nana Gladstone so jocund and jiggy She ekes out her Nursery lilt with a joke.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 by Various
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