gigged

Variant of gig

gig definition

gig (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. Etymology: for gig mill

    a machine for raising nap on cloth

Etymology: 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 gig′·ging

to travel in a gig

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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