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Definition gig
Etymology 1
From Middle English gige (“fiddle”) and Middle English *gygge (found in Middle English whyrlegygge (“a top, whirligig, a rotating device”)), akin to Old Norse gígja (“fiddle”) and German Geige (“violin”).
Noun
gig (plural gigs)
- (informal, music) A performing engagement by a musical group; or, generally, any job or role, especially for a musician or performer.
- (informal, by extension) Any job; especially one that is temporary; or alternately, one that is very desirable.
- A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals.
- (historical) A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.
- (Southern England, nautical) A six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
- (nautical) An open boat used to transport the captain of a ship, the captain's gig.
- (US, military) A demerit received for some infraction of military dress or deportment codes.
Verb
gig (third-person singular simple present gigs, present participle gigging, simple past and past participle gigged)
- To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
- To engage in musical performances.
- To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
- (US, military) To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.
Etymology 2
Clipping of giga- units
Noun
gig (plural gig or gigs)
Etymology 3
From Middle English gigge, from Old French gigues (“a gay, lively girl”), from Old Norse gikkr (“a pert person”), related to Danish gjæk (“a fool; jester”), Swedish gäck (“a fool; jester; wag”). More at geck.
Noun
gig (plural gigs)
Etymology 4
Probably from Latin gignere (“to beget”).
Verb
gig (third-person singular simple present gigs, present participle gigging, simple past and past participle gigged)
- To engender.
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