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Gig

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1.SymbolISO 639-3 language code for Goaria.
2.NounOriginally , a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; a job or role for a performer.
"I caught one of the Rolling Stones’ first gigs in Richmond.; Hey, when are we gonna get that hotel gig again?"
3.NounAny job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
"I had this gig as a file clerk but it wasn’t my style so I left.; That guy’s got a great gig over at the bike shop. He hardly works all day."
4.NounA demerit received for some infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
"I received gigs for having buttons of my uniform undone."
5.VerbTo play (a musical instrument) at a gig. To impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
"His sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk."
6.VerbTo play (a musical instrument) at a gig.
7.VerbTo impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
"His sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk."
8.VerbTo engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.
"The Rolling Stones were gigging around Richmond at the time."
9.VerbTo engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.
"The Rolling Stones were gigging around Richmond at the time."
10.VerbTo work at any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
11.NounClipping of gigabyte (“one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes”).
"This picture is almost a gig; don’t you want to resize it?; My new computer has over 500 gigs of hard drive space."
12.NounAny unit of measurement having the SI prefix giga-.
13.NounA top which is made to spin by tying a piece of string around it and then throwing it so that the string unwinds rapidly; a whipping-top.
14.NounA person with an odd appearance; also, a foolish person.
15.NounSenses relating to enjoyment. Fun; frolics. A fanciful impulse; a whim; also, a joke.
16.NounFun; frolics.
17.NounA fanciful impulse; a whim; also, a joke.
18.NounSenses relating to vehicles. A small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc. A similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; specifically, a six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. A two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.
19.NounA small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc. A similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; specifically, a six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
20.NounA small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
21.NounA similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; specifically, a six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
22.NounA two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.
23.VerbTo make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of.
"His older cousin was just gigging him about being in love with that girl from school."
24.VerbSometimes followed by it: to ride in a gig (“a two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse”).
25.NounA frivolous, playful, or wanton young woman; a giglet or giglot.
26.NounSynonym of fishgig or fizgig (“a spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals”).
27.VerbTo spear (fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig.
28.VerbTo catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.
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