gig

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1. ISO 639-3 language code for Goaria.

Noun

1. Originally , a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; a job or role for a performer.
   • I caught one of the Rolling Stones’ first gigs in Richmond.
   • Hey, when are we gonna get that hotel gig again?
2. Any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
   • I had this gig as a file clerk but it wasn’t my style so I left.
   • That guy’s got a great gig over at the bike shop. He hardly works all day.
3. A demerit received for some infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
   • I received gigs for having buttons of my uniform undone.

Verb

1. To play (a musical instrument) at a gig. To impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
   • His sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk.
2. To play (a musical instrument) at a gig.
3. To impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
   • His sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk.
4. To engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.
   • The Rolling Stones were gigging around Richmond at the time.
5. To engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.
   • The Rolling Stones were gigging around Richmond at the time.
6. To work at any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.

Noun

1. Clipping of gigabyte (“one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes”).
   • This picture is almost a gig; don’t you want to resize it?
   • My new computer has over 500 gigs of hard drive space.
2. Any unit of measurement having the SI prefix giga-.

Noun

1. A top which is made to spin by tying a piece of string around it and then throwing it so that the string unwinds rapidly; a whipping-top.
2. A person with an odd appearance; also, a foolish person.
3. Senses relating to enjoyment. Fun; frolics. A fanciful impulse; a whim; also, a joke.
4. Fun; frolics.
5. A fanciful impulse; a whim; also, a joke.
6. Senses relating to vehicles. A small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc. A similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; specifically, a six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. A two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.
7. A small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc. A similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; specifically, a six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
8. A small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
9. A similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; specifically, a six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
10. A two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.

Verb

1. To make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of.
   • His older cousin was just gigging him about being in love with that girl from school.
2. Sometimes followed by it: to ride in a gig (“a two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse”).

Noun

1. A frivolous, playful, or wanton young woman; a giglet or giglot.

Noun

1. Synonym of fishgig or fizgig (“a spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals”).

Verb

1. To spear (fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig.
2. To catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.

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