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1. verb1) (to perplex, baffle or bewilder: The question puzzled them; What puzzles me is how he got here so soon.) a nedumeri; a lăsa perplex2) (to think long and carefully about a problem etc: I puzzled over the sum for hours.) a se gândi mult (la)2. noun1) (a problem that causes a lot of thought: Her behaviour was a puzzle to him.) enigmă2) (a kind of game or toy to test one's thinking, knowledge or skill: a jig-saw puzzle; a crossword puzzle.) puzzle•- puzzling- puzzle out
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jig — ► NOUN 1) a lively dance with leaping movements and music in compound time. 2) a device that guides tools and holds materials or parts securely. ► VERB (jigged, jigging) 1) dance a jig. 2) move up and down with a quick jerky motion … English terms dictionary
jig — I. /dʒɪg / (say jig) noun 1. a device for holding the work in a machine tool, especially one for accurately guiding a drill or group of drills so as to ensure uniformity in successive pieces machined. 2. a device used in fishing, especially a… …
jig|ger — 1 «JIHG uhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a small set of ropes and pulleys used on a ship. 2. a small sail. = jigger mast. (Cf. ↑jigger mast) 3. a small fishing boat with a jigger (sail). 4. a machine that operates with a jerky motion. 5. Informal. some… … Useful english dictionary
jig borer — noun Etymology: jig (I) : a precision machine tool resembling a vertical milling machine, equipped with sensitive adjustments for the table and the position of the cutting tool, and used especially for locating and drilling or boring holes in… … Useful english dictionary
jig — noun 1》 a lively dance with leaping movements. ↘a piece of music for a jig, typically in compound time. 2》 a device that holds a piece of work and guides the tool operating on it. 3》 Fishing a type of artificial bait that is jerked up and… … English new terms dictionary
jig grinder — noun Etymology: jig (II) : a precision grinding machine with fine adjustments for work requiring great accuracy (as in the fabrication of jigs and dies) … Useful english dictionary
jig|ger|y-pok|er|y — «JIHG uhr ee POH kuhr ee», noun. Slang. deception; fraud; hokum … Useful english dictionary
jig|ger|y — «JIHG uhr ee», noun. = jiggery pokery. (Cf. ↑jiggery pokery) … Useful english dictionary
jig|gle — «JIHG uhl», verb, gled, gling, noun. –v.t., v.i. to shake or jerk slightly. –n. a slight shake; light jerk. ╂[< jig1, verb + le (frequentative)] … Useful english dictionary
jig|saw — «JIHG SAW», noun, verb, sawed, sawed or sawn, saw|ing, adjective. –n. 1. a saw with a narrow blade mounted in a frame and worked with an up and down motion, used to cut curves or irregular lines. 2. = jigsaw puzzle. (Cf. ↑jig … Useful english dictionary
jig borer — noun A type of machine tool invented during the World War I era to make possible the quick yet very precise location of hole centers … Wiktionary
