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gig
I. \ˈgig\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English gigg, gigge giddy girl, top; perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish gig top, Old Norse geiga to turn aside; akin to Old English geonian to yawn — more at yawn
1. : something that whirls: as
a. obsolete : top, whirligig
b. or gig mill : a rotary cylinder covered with teasels or wire teeth for napping fabrics (as wool)
c. : a three-number combination selected to appear among the numbers to be drawn from a lottery wheel
2.
a. archaic : joke, whim
b. dialect England : fun, sport
c. : a person of odd or grotesque appearance : oddity, fool
< we would look like a lot of gigs in that rig-out — Punch >
3.
a. : a long light ship's boat for oars or sail usually clinker-built and fast and usually appropriated for the commanding officer
< the captain's gig >
also : a boat designed for the captain's exclusive use
b. : a rowboat designed for speed rather than for work or carrying
4. : a light carriage that has one pair of wheels and is drawn by one horse : chaise
II. verb
(gigged ; gigged ; gigging ; gigs)
transitive verb
1. : to nap (fabric) with the use of a gig
2. : to move backwards and fowards
intransitive verb
: to travel in a gig
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: short for fishgig
1. : fishgig
2. : an arrangement of hooks to be drawn through a school of fish when they will not bite in order to hook them in the bodies
IV. verb
(gigged ; gigged ; gigging ; gigs)
transitive verb
1. : to spear with a fishgig
< gig a flounder >
2.
a. chiefly West : spur
< gigged him with the spurs — Ross Santee >
: prod, jab
< gigged him in the ribs — A.B.Guthrie >
b. : harass, annoy
< gigs … politicos with biting irony or refined ridicule — Time >
c. : goad, provoke, rouse
< gig his students into practice in the arts of thinking and analysis — New York Herald Tribune >
intransitive verb
: to fish with a fishgig
< gigging for fish >
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
slang : an official report of an infraction of military rules; also : demerits or light punishment resulting from such a report
VI. transitive verb
(gigged ; gigged ; gigging ; gigs)
slang : to report unfavorably for an infraction of military rules
< would be gigged by the first officer who saw him — Life >
also : to assign demerits or light punishment for such infraction
< gets gigged … for being eleven minutes late — J.G.Cozzens >
VII. noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
1. : a single engagement; especially : one-night stand
< graduate work in music, with as much sideline work, as many gigs, as the student can find time to develop his jazz skills — Barry Ulanov >
2. : job
VIII. \ˈgig\ intransitive verb
(gigged ; gigged ; gigging ; gigs)
Etymology: gig (VII)
: to work as a musician
< gigged with various bands — Downbeat > |