English Explanatory Dictionary

dance the Tyburn jig

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be executed by hanging.

Word forms

dance the Tyburn jig dances the Tyburn jig dancing the Tyburn jig danced the Tyburn jig

Synonyms

hang swing dance on a rope dance on nothing dance the hempen jig dance the Tyburn jig dance upon nothing dangle ride a horse foaled by an acorn stretch hemp string up take a ride to Tyburn trine truss wag hemp
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on D Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary