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单词 gig
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gig1 /gig/

noun
  1. A light, two-wheeled carriage
  2. A long, light boat
  3. A machine for raising the nap on cloth (in full, gig mill)
  4. A whipping-top (obsolete)
  5. A flighty girl (obsolete)
  6. Sport, fun (dialect)
ORIGIN: ME gigge a whirling thing (cf whirligig); origin obscure

giggˈit transitive verb and intransitive verb (old US)

To convey or move rapidly

gigˈ-lamps plural noun

  1. The lamps fixed on either side of a gig (carriage)
  2. Spectacles (old slang)

gigˈman noun

  1. A man who drives or keeps a gig
  2. A narrow middle-class philistine (Carlyle)

gigmanˈity noun

gig2 /gig/ (slang)

noun
  1. An engagement, esp of a band or pop group for one performance only
  2. Such a performance
intransitive verb (giggˈing; gigged)

To play a gig

ORIGIN: Ety unknown

gig3 /gig/ (computing)

noun short form of gigabyte

gig4 /gig/

noun

A pronged spear for fishing, a fishgig

ORIGIN: fizgig
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