fizgig

Meanings

1. A flirtatious, coquettish girl, inclined to gad or gallivant about; a gig, a giglot, a jillflirt.
2. Something frivolous or trivial; a gewgaw, a trinket.

1. To roam around in a frivolous manner; to gad about, to gallivant.

1. A small squib-like firework that explodes with a fizzing or hissing noise.

1. A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals; a type of harpoon.

1. A police informer, a stool pigeon, someone employed by police to entrap someone else or provoke them to commit a crime.

1. To act as a police informer or agent provocateur.

1. common ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris, syn. Senecio jacobaea).

Etymology

From Middle English gig (“a frivolous woman”); the first element of the word may be from fise (“an instance of flatulence”), from fist (“an act of breaking wind”).