gignoun [ C ]
uk/ɡɪɡ/us/ɡɪɡ/gig noun [ C ] (PERFORMANCE)
informal a single performance by a musician or group of musicians, especially playing modern or pop music:
The band is going to Atlanta to play a gig at the Fox Theatre.
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Musical performances
- cabaret
- concert
- date
- encore!
- in concert idiom
- jam session
- recital
- set
gig noun [ C ] (CARRIAGE)
a light two-wheeled carriage pulled by one horse, used especially in the past
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Carriages & carts
- cab
- cart
- chariot
- coach
- covered wagon
- dogcart
- dogsled
- dray
- gondola
- hansom cab
- horse float
- horse-drawn
- horsebox
- ox-drawn
- rickshaw
- sedan chair
- surrey
- trap
- wagon
- wagon train
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gig noun [ C ] (UNIT)
a gigabyte
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Computer concepts
- aeroplane mode
- airplane mode
- atomicity
- augmented reality
- back end
- blogosphere
- clone
- cloud
- corruption
- default to sth
- electronic
- gigabyte
- multimedia
- reboot
- template
- tuple
- virtual
- virtually
- web hosting
- what you see is what you get idiom
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gigverb [ I ]
uk/ɡɪɡ/us/ɡɪɡ/-gg-(of a musician or group of musicians) to perform gigs:
She gigged at bars for years before becoming famous.
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Playing music
- accompaniment
- accompany
- busk
- conduct
- fiddle
- fingering
- improvisation
- interpreter
- jam
- music
- perform
- raise the roof idiom
- serenade
- sight-read
- strike
- strum
- swell
- tap sth out
- tune
- virtuoso
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