coach, two-wheeled carriage pulled by one horse; small boat; light racing boat; spear with a prong; harpoon; set of hooks used for fishing; temporary job; little item that is whirled round in play; live performance by a musician or other performer; musical engagement (Slang); demerit (Slang); roller that contains teasels to raise nap on a fabric
ride in a one-horse carriage; catch an animal with a gig; fish with a gig; (Slang ) give a demerit; play a musical engagement; raise the nap on cloth
(Slang) gigabyte (Computers)
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Gig Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Gig Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To fish with a gig.
To fish with a gig.
(v. t.)
To engender.
To engender.
(n.)
A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.
A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.
(n.)
A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
(n.)
A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
(n.)
A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.
A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.
(n.)
A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
(n.)
A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
(n.)
A fiddle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA fiddle.
gig
\gig\ (j&ibreve;g or g&ibreve;g), n. [cf. of. gigue. see jig, n.] a fiddle. [obs.]
gig
\gig\ (g&ibreve;g), v. t. [prob. fr. l. gignere to beget.] to engender. [obs.]
gig
\gig\, n. a kind of spear or harpoon. see fishgig.
gig
\gig\, v. t. to fish with a gig.
gig
\gig\, n. [oe. gigge. cf. giglot.] a playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
gig
\gig\, n. [cf. icel. gīgja fiddle, mhg. gīge, g. geige, icel. geiga to take a wrong direction, rove at random, and e. jig.]
1. a top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play. thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig.
2. a light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
3. (naut.) a long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.
4. (mach.) a rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
gig
machine,
similar words(4)
gig mill
gig machine
gig saw
racing gig
1. stupid person; fool: “Don't make a gig of yourself!” (British dialect “gig” - to laugh at, taunt); 2. booking for an entertainer to perform at a venue; 3. performance itself; 4. any job or occupation; 5. (of a musician or group) to play gigs (specific jazz application of earlier US slang (1900s): job, occupation); 6. watch; stare; 7. look; geek (shortening of “fizgig”); 8. (computers) gigabyte
1. police informer; 2. inform on criminals to the police
1. to get together
2. a job
2. a job
Noun
1. long and light rowing boat; especially for racing
(hypernym) small boat
2. an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
(synonym) spear, fizgig, fishgig, lance
(hypernym) implement
(hyponym) harpoon
(member-holonym) fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig
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
(hypernym) hook
(part-holonym) fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig
4. tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain
(hypernym) tender, ship's boat, pinnace, cutter
5. small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood
(hypernym) carriage, equipage, rig
6. a booking for musicians; "they played a gig in New Jersey"
(hypernym) engagement, booking
Gig Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Gig Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
To run a gig in your dream, you will have to forego a pleasant journey to entertain unwelcome visitors. Sickness also threatens you.
See Cart.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectSee Cart.
Gig Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
Gig Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Gig or GIG may refer to:
- Gig (musical performance), live performance by a musician or other performer
- Temporary work, by extension
- Gig (Northern Pikes album), 1993
- Gig (Circle Jerks album), 1992
- Gig, a multi-pronged spear similar to a trident
- Gigging, the practice of hunting fish or frogs with a gig
- 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 (carriage), a 2-wheeled sprung cart to be pulled by a horse
- Gig, the blade a professional wrestler uses to cut himself
- Gig mark, a scar from blading in professional wrestling slang
- GIG (Hot Wheels AcceleRacers), a character in Hot Wheels AcceleRacers
- Giggleswick railway station (National Rail station code: GIG), in England
- Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport (IATA airport code: GIG), the main airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Georgian Industrial Group, a large holding company in Georgia
- Global Information Grid, a military global information network operated by the United States Department of Defense
- Generalized inverse Gaussian distribution, a distribution in probability theory
- GIG is an acronym for "Geri İndi Gəlirəm" in Azerbaijani. Equivalent of
- GIG is an abbreviation for "GUYS Is Green" in Ultraman Mebius
- GIG is an abbreviation for Goldratt Implementation Group
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Gig Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
Gig Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
as a noun, a job, usually a one-nighter; as a verb, to play such a job.
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