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  • noun Plural form of gigue.

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Examples

  • We practice the latest dancing—the French gigues and courantes are all the rage—and then walking and talking and sitting and eating.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • We practice the latest dancing—the French gigues and courantes are all the rage—and then walking and talking and sitting and eating.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • At the same time he made sarabandes, gavottes, minuets, chaconnes, passepieds, gigues, polonaises and rondos dance across the piano in quick succession; and his comments were as spirited as his playing.

    Edward MacDowell Gilman, Lawrence, 1878-1939 1908

  • At the same time he made sarabandes, gavottes, minuets, chaconnes, passepieds, gigues, polonaises and rondos dance across the piano in quick succession; and his comments were as spirited as his playing.

    Edward MacDowell Lawrence Gilman 1908

  • There are six sections listed as (you guessed it) "suites," and the chapters are structured like a musical piece, including preludes, sarabands and gigues.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

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