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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gig1 /gɪg/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Transporta light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage.
- Nauticala light boat rowed with four, six, or eight long oars.
gig4 /gɪg/USA pronunciation n. [countable][Slang.]- Music and Dancea single engagement, as by jazz or rock musicians.
- Music and Danceany job, esp. one of brief duration.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gig1 (gig),USA pronunciation n., v., gigged, gig•ging. n. - a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage.
- Nautical
- Naval Termsa light boat rowed with four, six, or eight long oars.
- Naval Termsa boat reserved for the use of the captain of a ship.
- something that whirls.
- TextilesAlso called gig mill. a roller containing teasels, used for raising nap on a fabric.
- [Obs.]whirligig (def. 5).
v.i. - to ride in a gig.
- Textilesto raise the nap on (a fabric).
- 1200–50; Middle English gigge, gig flighty girl; akin to Danish gig top; compare Norwegian giga to shake about
- 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.
v.t. - to catch or spear (a fish or frog) with a gig.
v.i. - to catch fish or frogs with a gig.
- shortened from fishgig or fizgig 1715–25
- 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.
v.t. - to give a gig to or punish with a gig.
- origin, originally uncertain 1940–45
- Music and Dancea single professional engagement, usually of short duration, as of jazz or rock musicians.
- Music and Danceany job, esp. one of short or uncertain duration:a teaching gig out west somewhere.
v.i. - Music and Danceto work as a musician, esp. in a single engagement:He gigged with some of the biggest names in the business.
- origin, originally uncertain 1925–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gig /ɡɪɡ/ n - a light two-wheeled one-horse carriage without a hood
- a light tender for a vessel, often for the personal use of the captain
- a long light rowing boat, used esp for racing
vb (gigs, gigging, gigged)- (intransitive) to travel in a gig
Etymology: 13th Century (in the sense: flighty girl, spinning top): perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish gig top, Norwegian giga to shake about gig /ɡɪɡ/ n - a cluster of barbless hooks drawn through a shoal of fish to try to impale them
vb (gigs, gigging, gigged)- to catch (fish) with a gig
Etymology: 18th Century: shortened from fishgig gig /ɡɪɡ/ informal n - a job, esp a single booking for a musician, comedian, etc, to perform at a concert or club
- the performance itself
vb (gigs, gigging, gigged)- (intransitive) to perform at a gig or gigs
Etymology: 20th Century: of unknown origin |