Dictionary Definition
gig
Noun
1 long and light rowing boat; especially for
racing
2 an implement with a shaft and barbed point used
for catching fish [syn: spear, fizgig, fishgig, lance]
3 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 tender that is a light ship's boat; often for
personal use of captain
5 small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with
two seats and no hood
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- , /ɡɪɡ/, /gIg/
- Rhymes with: -ɪɡ
Noun
- A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.
- A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals.
- informal music A
performing engagement by a musical group; or, generally, any job or
role for a musician or performer.
- I caught one of the Rolling Stones' first gigs in Richmond.
- Hey, when are we gonna get that hotel gig again?
- Our guitar player had another gig so we had to get a sub.
- Hey, when are we gonna get that hotel gig again?
- I caught one of the Rolling Stones' first gigs in Richmond.
- (by extension) Any job; especially one that is temporary, or
alternately, very desirable.
- I had this gig as a file clerk but it wasn't my style so I
left.
- Hey, that guy's got a great gig over at the bike shop. He hardly works all day!
- I had this gig as a file clerk but it wasn't my style so I
left.
- A six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Translations
archaic: two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage
- Crimean Tatar: yaylı
- Finnish: kiesit
archaic: forked spear for catching fish, frogs,
or other small animals
- Finnish: atrain
performing engagement by a musical group
- Finnish: keikka
Verb
- To catch with a gig.
- To engage in musical performances.
- The Stones were gigging around Richmond at the time
- To make fun of; to make
a joke at someone's
expense, often condescending.
- His older cousin was just gigging him about being in love with that girl from school.
Translations
to catch with a gig
- Finnish: tuulastaa, pyytää atraimella
to engage in musical performances
- Finnish: keikkailla
to make fun of
- Finnish: kiusata
Extensive Definition
- Global Information Grid, a term used by the United States Department of Defense
- Gig
(musical performance), live performance by a musician or other
performer
- Temporary work, by extension
- Frog gigging, the practice of hunting frogs with a spear
- Gigabyte
- Gig (carriage), a 2-wheeled sprung cart to be pulled by a horse
- Captain's gig, a boat used on naval ships as the Captain's taxi
- Cornish pilot gig, a six-oared rowing boat, built of Cornish narrow leaf elm, 32 feet long with a beam of four feet ten inches
- Gig - The blade a professional wrestler uses to cut himself.
- Gig Mark - A scar from Blading.
- Gig, a character in the video game Soul Nomad & the World Eaters
GIG may refer to:
- Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport (IATA airport code: GIG)
- Gay International Group (Geneva, Switzerland), a Geneva-based group for gay expatriates or tourists
- GIG (Hot Wheels AcceleRacers), a character in Hot Wheels AcceleRacers
- Giggleswick railway station (National Rail station code: GIG) in England
- Global Information Grid, a military global information network.
- Generalized inverse Gaussian distribution, a distribution in probability theory
- Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol the National Health Service of Wales.
gig in German: Gig
gig in French: Gig
gig in Japanese: ギグ
gig in Polish: Gig
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
angle,
appointment, bait
the hook, berth, billet, bob, clam, dap, dib, dibble, drive, employment, engagement, fish, fly-fish, go fishing,
grig, guddle, incumbency, jack, jacklight, jig, job, moonlighting, net, office, opening, place, position, post, second job, seine, service, shrimp, situation, spin, station, still-fish, tenure, torch, trawl, troll, vacancy, whale