Gig

Definition: Gig

Gig

Noun

1. Long and light rowing boat; especially for racing.

2. An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.

3. A cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting.

4. Tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain.

5. Small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood.

6. A booking for musicians; "they played a gig in New Jersey".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "gig" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

Computing

Dream Interpretation

Literature

Mining

Slang

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GIG

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Gig

Ship

Boat, pinnace, launch; life boat, long boat, jolly boat, bum boat, fly boat, ferry oat, canal boat; swamp boat, ark, bully, bateau battery, broadhorn, dory, droger, drogher; dugout, durham boat, flatboat, galiot; shallop, gig, funny, skiff, dingy, scow, cockleshell, wherry, coble, punt, cog, kedge, lerret; eight oar, four oar, pair oar; randan; outrigger; float, raft, pontoon; prame; iceboat, ice canoe, ice yacht.

Crosswords: Gig

German (gig), Romanian (gig).

Goin' undercover's part of the gig, Ingrid (Fillmore!; writing credit: Ada Gourbali)

The Boston gig has been cancelled (This Is Spinal Tap; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Michael McKean)

Y'know, it's not like Peter to take off in the middle of a gig. (The Monkees; writing credit: Dee Caruso; Gerald Gardner)

This is our second gig. (Woodstock; writing credit: Derek Ford; Donald Ford)

That was a weird gig. I fed off a flower person and I spent the next six hours watching my hand move (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

It's hard to play a gig in this town (Lullaby; performing artist: Shawn Mullins)

And when I'm throwin' a gig (Baby Got Back; performing artist: SIR MIX-A-LOT)

Edge's Gig (2000)

Hell Gig (1999)

The Big Gig (1989)

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Books

• Gig Bag Book of Bass Scales (reference)

• Gig Bag Book of Picture Chords for all Guitarists (reference)

• Gig Bag Book of Scales for all Keyboards (reference)

• Guitarone Presents Gig Survival Guide: A Complete Resource for the Performing Guitarist (reference)

• The Live Sound Manual: Getting Great Sound at Every Gig (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Atlantic Gig (reference)

• Gig Magazine (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Gig (reference)

• The Perfect Gig (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• 8 PORT 1000/100/10 GIG SWITCH (reference)

• 30GB EZ GIG DELL UNIVERSAL KIT (reference)

• Apricorn Ez Gig Data Transfer Kit For HP Web Site Only (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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A view inside of Gig Harbor. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A view of Mt. Rainier from Gig Harbor - looking east. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The Olympic Range is silhouetted in this sunset view from Gig Harbor. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Fox Island and a silhouette of the Olympic Range as seen from Gig Harbor at sunset. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Gig Harbor as seen over burled cedar driftwood. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Moon beams on the still waters of Gig Harbor. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Moonrise over Gig Harbor as salmon fishermen try their luck in the shallows off the spit. Pleasure boaters are returning to harbor as the day ends. Mt. Rainier is visible in the left center. Credit: America's Coastlines.

View of Mount Rainier at sunset from Gig Harbor. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Driftwood at Gig Harbor. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Random rocks and barnacle picked up on the beach at Gig Harbor. Credit: America's Coastlines.

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Expressions using "gig": Gig Harbor ♦ Gig machine ♦ Gig mill ♦ Gig saw ♦ racing gig. Additional references.

Beginning with "gig": gig-cart, gig-goer, gig-goers, gig-going, gig-lamps, gig-mill, gig-type.

Ending with "gig": post-gig, Sheela-na-gig, Whirl-y-gig.

Containing "gig": soundcheck-hotel-gig-hotel-travel-hotel.

Albanian

kaloshin (buggy, carriole, carryall, chaise, cutter, hansom cab, trap), fuzhnjë (fish-fork, harpoon), angazhim për një natë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏قارب محفوظ لربان السفينة, ‏عربة بعجلتين, ‏أزعج (ail, annoy, beset, bother, burn, discompose, disquiet, disrupt, distress, disturb, get in the way, get on smb.'s nerves, gnaw, grate, hamper, harass, importune, incommode, inconvenience, infest, intrude, irk, irritate, jolt, molest, nag, niggle, obsess, offend, pain, peck, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, possess, prickle, put out, rasp, rattle, ruffle, saddle, torment, trouble, upset, vex). (various references)

Bulgarian 

риболовна вила, харпун (gaff, harpoon, iron, spear), лодка за състезания по гребане, лека бърза корабна лодка, лебедка (gin, hoist, winch), подемник (elevator, hoist), двуколка (buggy, cabriolet, cart, tumbrel, tumbril, whisky). (various references)

Czech

lehký dvoukolý koèár. (various references)

Danish

vegetabilsk tidselruning (teasel gig). (various references)

Farsi 

فرفره (Spin, Whirligig), هرچیزچرخنده , نیزه ماهی گیری , نیزه (Dart, Gad, Gaff, Harpoon, Lance, Shaft, Spear), چیزغریب وخنده دار, نوعی کرجی پاروءی یابادبانی , کردن (Braid, Do, Fold, Grade, Ground, Hatch, Have, Hinder, Joint, List, Lob, Pass, Peer, Perform, Pickup, Poop, Ramble, Rest, Set, Settle, Stick, Tag, Thread, Tip), قایق پاروءی سریع السیر, سیخ زدن 2 (Poke, Prod, Yerk), خنده دار (Comic, Hilarious, Laughable, Queer, Ridiculous, Waggish), خوابدارکردن , ادم غریب , شوخی (Bob, Curvet, Fun, Game, Humor, Jape, Jest, Jink, Jocosity, Joke, Lark, Pleasantry, Prank, Quiz, Sport, Spree, Witticism), درشکه تک اسبه که دوچرخ دارد, بازوبین ماهی گرفتن . (various references)

Finnish

ahrain (fish gig). (various references)

French

petit canon, faire ennuyer, cabriolet. (various references)

German

gigboot, gig. (various references)

Greek 

σβούρα (teetotum, top, whirligig), συναυλία (concert, concerto, recital), λέμβοσ πλοίου (pinnace), λέμβοσ (boat, canoe, cutter, dinghy, gondola, row boat, shallop, skiff, yawn), αμάξιο, δίτροχο μονίππο όχημα. (various references)

Hebrew 

חלטורה (bust, hackwork, shoddy work). (various references)

Hungarian

több ágú szigony, meló (sweat, swelter), könnyû bricska (side-car), kétkerekű lovas kocsi, evezős csónak fajta. (various references)

Italian

fiocina (harpoon, lance, spear), calessino (buggy), calesse (barouche, buggy, calash, chaise, curricle, fly, trap). (various references)

Manx

curraghan, carriads daa-wheeyllagh. (various references)

Pig Latin

iggay.(various references)

Portuguese

trole (trolley), cabriolé (cab, cabriolet, chaise, fly, shay), biga (chariot, girder), arpão (creeper, gaff), apresentação (appearance, cover page, exhibit, exhibition, introduction, lodgement, lodgment, presentation, presentment, production, putting, submission). (various references)

Romanian

gig, trãsurã (cab, carriage, chaise, Clarence, coach, conveyance, four wheeler, four-in-hand, hyphen, phaeton), suliţã pentru pescuit, pieptene mecanic, ostie (spear), iolã (jolly boat, yawl), harpon (gaff, harpoon, spear), cabrioletã (cab, cabriolet, spider). (various references)

Russian 

кабриолет (buggy, cabriolet), острога (fish-fork, gaff, harpoon, lance, leister), подъемная машина (lift). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

lak veslački čamac, harpun (fish-fork, harpoon, whaling gun), dvokolice (quadriga, tumbrel, tumbril), čupara. (various references)

Spanish

trabajo temporal (Chare), lancha (boat, launch), concierto (concert, concerto, feast), canoa (canoe, pirogue), calesín, calesa (buggy, calash, caleche), actuación (action, appear, doings, emerge, manner, occur, operation, performance, show, showing). (various references)

Swedish

lätt tvåhjulig vagn. (various references)

Thai

แทงด้วยฉมวก, อาชีพชั่วครวว, การแสดงดนตรีแจ๊ส, ตะขอ (gaff, hook), ข้อบกพร่อง (limitation). (various references)

Turkish

zıpkın (eelspear, gaff, gun harpoon, harpoon, lance, spear, spear gun), tek atlı araba, sahneye çıkma (entrance, entry), kısa süreli iş, iş (activity, affair, appointment, assignment, ball game, billet, biz, business, calling, cause, commerce, concern, dealing, deed, doing, doings, employment, ergo-, function, handiwork, job, metier, mission, occupation, occupational, operation, piece, piece of work, place, ploy, post, profession, pursuit, racket, regulation, shop, show, spindle, stint, task, things to do, trade, work, working, workings, works), flika. (various references)

Ukrainian

командирська шлюпка, кабріолет (buggy, cab, cabriolet), лебідка (hoist, winch, windlass). (various references)

ghyg. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "gig": giga, gigabit, gigabits, gigabyte, gigabytes, gigaflop, gigaflops, gigahertz, gigantesque, gigantic, gigantically, gigantism, gigantisms, gigas, gigaton, gigatons, gigawatt, gigawatts, gigged, gigging, giggle, giggled, giggler, gigglers, giggles, gigglier, giggliest, giggling, gigglingly, giggly, gighe, giglet, giglets, giglot, giglots, gigolo, gigolos, gigot, gigots, gigs, gigue, gigues. (additional references)

Words ending with "gig": fishgig, fizgig, whirligig. (additional references)

Words containing "gig": fishgigs, fizgigs, whirligigs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Gig" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ga'g, gagg, Gdi, geeg, geega, geg, gegn, Gegu, Geogg, gerg, gfi, gg, ggg, ggt, ghg, Ghiz, gia, gic, Gid, gieg, giga, gige, gigg, Gigha, gigi, gigm, gign, gigo, gigy, gih, gii, giif, Giii, gij, gik, gio, Gip, giq, gir, Girga, gis, giu, giv, giw, gix, giy, giz, gmi, gogu, gpi, grig, grigg, guig, Guigma, guigo, guj, Gxi, gyb, gyf, gyt, ig, Igf, Iggfc, iggt, iggy, Igw, Oggi, oig, Qgi, vig. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

+1 letter: giga, gigs, grig, migg.

+2 letters: aggie, aging, gigas, gighe, gigot, gigue, going, grigs, miggs, piggy, wiggy.

+3 letters: ageing, aggies, agings, baggie, bagwig, bigger, biggie, biggin, bigwig, caging, digged, digger, doggie, edging, egging, figged, fizgig, gaeing, gaging, gaming, gaping, gating, gazing, geeing, gibing, gieing, gigged, giggle, giggly, giglet, giglot, gigolo, gigots, gigues, gingal, ginger, gingko, ginkgo, giving, gluing, goings, goring, greige, grigri, gringo, guying, gybing, gyring, gyving, haggis, higgle, jigged, jigger, jiggle, jiggly, leggin, loggia, loggie, luggie, luging, miggle, moggie, niggle, noggin, ogling, paging, pigged, piggie, piggin, raging, rigged, rigger, twiggy, urging, veggie, waging, wigged, wiggle, wiggly, wigwag, zigged, zigzag.