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gig

1

[ gig ]

noun

  1. a single professional engagement of one or more performers, especially of jazz or rock musicians:

    His band has a gig at a club in New Jersey.

  2. a live performance, as on a stage:

    I went to see my friend's comedy gig.

  3. any job, especially one of short or uncertain duration:

    Years ago he had a teaching gig out west somewhere.



adjective

  1. relating to or being a job of short or uncertain duration:

    Gig workers don't receive benefits such as health insurance.

verb (used without object)

, gigged, gig·ging.
  1. to work as a musician or other performer, especially in a single engagement:

    That vocalist has gigged with some of the biggest names in the business.

  2. to work at any job, especially one of short or uncertain duration:

    He gigs as a clown at children’s birthday parties.

gig

2

[ gig ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. short for gigabyte.

gig

3

[ gig ]

noun

  1. a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage.
  2. Nautical.
    1. a light boat rowed with four, six, or eight long oars.
    2. a boat reserved for the use of the captain of a ship.
  3. something that whirls.
  4. Also called gig mill. a roller containing teasels, used for raising nap on a fabric.

verb (used without object)

, gigged, gig·ging.
  1. to ride in a gig.
  2. to raise the nap on (a fabric).

gig

4

[ gig ]

noun

  1. a device, commonly four hooks secured back to back, for dragging through a school of fish to hook them through the body.
  2. a spearlike device with a long, thick handle, used for spearing fish and frogs.

verb (used with object)

, gigged, gig·ging.
  1. to catch or spear (a fish or frog) with a gig.

verb (used without object)

, gigged, gig·ging.
  1. to catch fish or frogs with a gig.

gig

5

[ gig ]

noun

  1. an official report of a minor infraction of regulations, as in school or the army; a demerit.
  2. a punishment for a minor infraction of rules.

verb (used with object)

, gigged, gig·ging.
  1. to give a gig to or punish with a gig.

gig

1

/ ɡɪɡ /

noun

  1. a job, esp a single booking for a musician, comedian, etc, to perform at a concert or club
  2. the performance itself
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verb

  1. intr to perform at a gig or gigs
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gig

2

/ ɡɪɡ /

noun

  1. informal.
    short for gigabyte
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gig

3

/ ɡɪɡ /

noun

  1. a cluster of barbless hooks drawn through a shoal of fish to try to impale them
  2. short for fishgig
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verb

  1. to catch (fish) with a gig
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

gig

4

/ ɡɪɡ /

noun

  1. a light two-wheeled one-horse carriage without a hood
  2. nautical a light tender for a vessel, often for the personal use of the captain
  3. a long light rowing boat, used esp for racing
  4. a machine for raising the nap of a fabric
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verb

  1. intr to travel in a gig
  2. tr to raise the nap of (fabric)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gig1

First recorded in 1925–30; origin uncertain

Origin of gig2

First recorded in 1985–90

Origin of gig3

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English gigge, gig “flighty girl, loose woman; awkward or boorish man”; akin to Danish gig “top”; compare Norwegian giga “to shake about”

Origin of gig4

First recorded in 1700–10; shortened from fishgig or fizgig

Origin of gig5

First recorded in 1940–45; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gig1

C20: of unknown origin

Origin of gig2

C18: shortened from fishgig

Origin of gig3

C13 (in the sense: flighty girl, spinning top): perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish gig top, Norwegian giga to shake about
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Example Sentences

Monster Jam executives “have test driven quite a few women that have decided to pass” on the gig, Johnson said.

Inspiring others to follow in their footsteps is one of the best parts of the gig, the drivers said.

Meet the psychics preying on the elderly with a mail-order moneymaking gig that netted them millions a year.

She occasionally has to dress up as a mermaid for her gig at a fancy Miami hotel.

Ironically, his quick recovery after such a room-cooling moment could still land him the gig.

The captain's white gig having been manned, he seated himself in the stern sheets, a large flag trailing in the water behind him.

The boat was a man-of-war's small four-oared gig; her outfit was scanty, but what was necessary we rapidly improvised.

And with that Macfarlane took his departure and drove off up the wynd in his gig to get under cover before daylight.

Once I said to him on a wery rainy day, "Sir, shall I bring the gig down to your office?"

We rode in a gig, and our animal was a steady-going mare, and behaved as such; but all had not gigs or steady-going mares.

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