Definition of "gig"
- noun
A performing engagement by a musical group; or, generally, any job or role for a musician or performer.
Any job; especially one that is temporary; or alternately, one that is very desirable.
A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.
A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals.
A six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
A gigabyte.
- verb
To catch with a gig.
To engage in musical performances.
To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
To impose a demerit for an infraction of a U.S. Military dress or deportment code" as in: "His Sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk.".
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