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gig
1[ gig ]
noun
- 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.
- a live performance, as on a stage:
I went to see my friend's comedy gig.
- any job, especially one of short or uncertain duration:
Years ago he had a teaching gig out west somewhere.
adjective
- 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)
- 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.
- 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
- short for gigabyte.
gig
3[ gig ]
noun
- a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage.
- Nautical.
- a light boat rowed with four, six, or eight long oars.
- a boat reserved for the use of the captain of a ship.
- something that whirls.
- Also called gig mill. a roller containing teasels, used for raising nap on a fabric.
- Obsolete. whirligig ( def 5 ).
verb (used without object)
- to ride in a gig.
- to raise the nap on (a fabric).
gig
4[ gig ]
noun
- a device, commonly four hooks secured back to back, for dragging through a school of fish to hook them through the body.
- a spearlike device with a long, thick handle, used for spearing fish and frogs.
verb (used with object)
- to catch or spear (a fish or frog) with a gig.
verb (used without object)
- to catch fish or frogs with a gig.
gig
5[ gig ]
noun
- an official report of a minor infraction of regulations, as in school or the army; a demerit.
- a punishment for a minor infraction of rules.
verb (used with object)
- to give a gig to or punish with a gig.
gig
1/ ɡɪɡ /
noun
- a light two-wheeled one-horse carriage without a hood
- nautical a light tender for a vessel, often for the personal use of the captain
- a long light rowing boat, used esp for racing
- a machine for raising the nap of a fabric
verb
- intr to travel in a gig
- tr to raise the nap of (fabric)
gig
2/ ɡɪɡ /
noun
- a cluster of barbless hooks drawn through a shoal of fish to try to impale them
- short for fishgig
verb
- to catch (fish) with a gig
gig
3/ ɡɪɡ /
noun
- a job, esp a single booking for a musician, comedian, etc, to perform at a concert or club
- the performance itself
verb
- intr to perform at a gig or gigs
gig
4/ ɡɪɡ /
noun
- informal.short for gigabyte
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
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Example Sentences
It is hard to play every weekend because I might have a gig somewhere, but I always travel back when I can.
He continued to write and perform at gigs including the Big Ears festival in Tennessee just days before his death.
Note to the WHCA: Schulz, another white guy in a long line of white comics who have hosted, wants the gig.
Cooper told the BBC that checks were currently "not reaching" the so-called gig economy, where many workers are employed in temporary or casual roles.
Times columnists debate the merits, and demerits, of the California’s governor podcasting side gig.
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