Definitions for gigues

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gigues gigue

Spelling: [zheeg]

IPA: /ʒig/

Gigues is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in gigues (eggisu).

Definitions for gigues

noun

1. Dance. jig2 (def 1).
2. Music. a dance movement often forming the conclusion of the classical suite.

Origin of gigues

1675-85; French, probably English jig²

Examples for gigues

The last movement, still in the same key, is a gigue, thus keeping well in the shadow of the suite.

The adagio is a sarabande, and the last movement has the characteristics of the gigue.

The last of the particularly characteristic dances is the gigue with its counterparts mentioned above.

The sonata commenced in D minor; in the gigue there was constant modulation towards G minor.