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The definition of 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
Origin: for gig mill
a machine for raising nap on cloth

Origin: ME gigge, whirligig, prob. < Scand, as in Dan gig, whirling object, top, Norw dial. giga, to shake, totter < IE *gheigh- < base *ghei-, to gape > gape, giggle

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

Origin: contr. < earlier fishgig, fizgig < Sp fisga, kind of harpoon < fisgar < LL *fixicare, to attach < L fixare, fasten < fixus: see fix

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

Origin: < ?

transitive verb gigged, gigging

to give a gig to

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noun

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

Origin: < ?

intransitive verb gigged, gigging

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

See gig in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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.