gig¹ /gig/

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)

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)

1. An engagement, esp of a band or pop group for one performance only
2. Such a performance

To play a gig

gig³ /gig/ (computing)

gig⁴ /gig/

A pronged spear for fishing, a fishgig

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