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A gig is a job, especially performing jazz or rock music. (noun)

An example of gig is a jazz quartet performing at a dinner party.

See gig in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a light, two-wheeled, open carriage drawn by one horse
a long, light ship's boat, esp. one reserved for the commanding officer
a machine for raising nap on cloth

intransitive verb gigged, gigging

to travel in a gig

noun

a fish spear
a fish line with hooks designed to catch fish by jabbing into their bodies

transitive verb, intransitive verb gigged, gigging

to spear or jab with or as with a gig

noun

an official record or report of a minor delinquency, as in a military school; demerit
punishment for such a delinquency

transitive verb gigged, gigging

to give a gig to

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noun

a job performing music, esp. jazz or rock
any job

intransitive verb gigged, gigging

Slang to have a job performing music, esp. jazz or rock

See gig in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(gĭg)

noun

A light, two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse.
Nautical
a. A long light ship's boat, usually reserved for use by the ship's captain.
b. A fast light rowboat.
a. An object that whirls.
b. Games A three-digit selection in a numbers game.

intransitive verb gigged gigged, gig·ging, gigs

To ride in a gig.

(gĭg)

noun

An arrangement of barbless hooks that is dragged through a school of fish to hook them in their bodies.
A pronged spear for fishing or catching frogs.

verb gigged gigged, gig·ging, gigs

verb, transitive

To fish for or catch with a gig.

verb, intransitive

To catch a fish or frog with a gig.

(gĭg) Slang

noun

A demerit given in the military.

transitive verb gigged gigged, gig·ging, gigs

To give a military demerit to.

(gĭg) Slang

noun

A job, especially a booking for musicians.

intransitive verb gigged gigged, gig·ging, gigs

To work as a musician: “gigging weekends as a piano player in the ski joints” (Joel Oppenheimer).

(gĭg, jĭg)

noun
Informal

A gigabyte.

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