Answer to "Dance in triple meter" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word JIG which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Sun in 2008.

Dance in triple meter crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
JIG	75 %	3
MINUET	25 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dance in triple meter

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• bolero
• minuet
• jig
• allemande
• mazurka
• fandango
• saraband
• waltz
• galliard
• chaconne
• gigue
• polonaise

Crossword Answer definitions

JIG noun

1. A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
2. A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
3. (traditional English Morris dancing) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
4. A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
5. A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
6. An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
7. A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
8. A trick; a prank.

JIG verb

1. To move briskly, especially as a dance.
2. To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
3. To fish with a jig.
4. To sing to the tune of a jig.
5. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
6. To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
7. To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.

JIG noun

1. A black person.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result JIG

• Lively dance in triple time
• Dance
• Lively dance
• Cork dance
• Dance in 12/8 time
• Dance performed in ghillies
• Irish dance
• Irishman's dance
• Leprechauns' steps
• Irish stepdance music

More clues leading to the result MINUET

• Stately dance
• French court dance
• Slow, stately dance
• Stately dance in 3/4 time
• Dance in triple meter
• Elegant dance that originated in France
• Baroque dance
• Dance in 3/4 time
• Courtly dance
• Movement in Brahms' Serenade No. 1