The jig is second in popularity only to the reel in traditional Irish dance; it is popular but somewhat less common in Scottish country dance music. 8 time. The most common structure of a jig is two eight-bar parts, performing two different steps, each once on the right foot, and one on the left foot.
Noun. 1. spasm-a painful and involuntary muscular contraction. cramp, muscle spasm. symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease.
Spasticity (from Greek spasmos- , meaning drawing, pulling) is a feature of altered skeletal muscle performance with a combination of paralysis, increased tendon reflex activity and hypertonia.