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Gig

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Noun

1. gig

long and light rowing boat; especially for racing

2. fishgig, fizgig, gig, lance, spear

an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

3. gig

a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting

4. gig

tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain

5. gig

small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood

6. gig

a booking for musicians

Example Sentences:
'they played a gig in New Jersey'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gig

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noun
1. 
a light two-wheeled one-horse carriage without a hood
2. nautical
a light tender for a vessel, often for the personal use of the captain
3. 
a long light rowing boat, used esp for racing
4. 
a machine for raising the nap of a fabric
verbWord forms: gigs, gigging or gigged
5. (intransitive)
to travel in a gig
6. (transitive)
to raise the nap of (fabric)
noun
1. 
a cluster of barbless hooks drawn through a shoal of fish to try to impale them
2.  short for fishgig
verbWord forms: gigs, gigging or gigged
3. 
to catch (fish) with a gig
noun
1. 
a job, esp a single booking for a musician, comedian, etc, to perform at a concert or club
2. 
the performance itself
verbWord forms: gigs, gigging or gigged
3. (intransitive)
to perform at a gig or gigs
noun
informal short for gigabyte

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Gig

see synonyms of gig
noun
1. 
a light, two-wheeled, open carriage drawn by one horse
2. 
a long, light ship's boat, esp. one reserved for the commanding officer
3. 
a machine for raising nap on cloth
verb intransitiveWord forms: gigged or ˈgigging
4. 
to travel in a gig
noun
1. 
a fish spear
2. 
a fish line with hooks designed to catch fish by jabbing into their bodies
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: gigged or ˈgigging
3. 
to spear or jab with or as with a gig
noun Slang
1. 
an official record or report of a minor delinquency, as in a military school; demerit
2. 
punishment for such a delinquency
verb transitiveWord forms: gigged or ˈgigging Slang
3. 
to give a gig to
noun Slang
1. 
a job performing music, esp. jazz or rock
2. 
any job
verb intransitiveWord forms: gigged or ˈgigging
3.  Slang
to have a job performing music, esp. jazz or rock

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gig

see synonyms of gig
n.
1. A light, two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse.
2. Nautical
a. A long light ship's boat, usually reserved for use by the ship's captain.
b. A fast light rowboat.
3.
a. An object that whirls.
b. Games A three-digit selection in a numbers game.
intr.v.gigged, gig·ging, gigs
To ride in a gig.
n.
1. An arrangement of barbless hooks that is dragged through a school of fish to hook them in their bodies.
2. A pronged spear for fishing or catching frogs.
v. gigged, gig·ging, gigs
v.tr.
To fish for or catch with a gig.
v.intr.
To catch a fish or frog with a gig.
n.
A demerit given in the military.
tr.v. gigged, gig·ging, gigs
To give a military demerit to.
n.
A job, especially a booking for musicians.
intr.v. gigged, gig·ging, gigs
To work as a musician: "gigging weekends as a piano player in the ski joints" (Joel Oppenheimer).
n.
Informal
A gigabyte.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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