[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gig \gig\, n.
   a job for a specified, usually short period of time; -- used
   especially for the temporary engagements of an entertainer,
   such as a jazz musician or a rock group; as, a one-week gig
   in las vegas.
   pjc

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gig \gig\ ji^g or gi^g, n. cf. of. gigue. see jig, n.
   a fiddle. obs.
   1913 webster
see also:
jig 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gig \gig\ gi^g, v. t. prob. fr. l. gignere to beget.
   to engender. obs. --dryden.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gig \gig\, n.
   a kind of spear or harpoon. see fishgig.
   1913 webster
see also:
fishgig 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gig \gig\, v. t.
   to fish with a gig.
   1913 webster

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gig \gig\, n. oe. gigge. cf. giglot.
   a playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
   1913 webster
see also:
giglot 

[7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gig \gig\, n. cf. icel. gimacgja fiddle, mhg. gimacge, g.
   geige, icel. geiga to take a wrong direction, rove at random,
   and e. jig.
   1. a top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round
      in play.
      1913 webster

            thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. a light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one
      horse; a kind of chaise.
      1913 webster

   3. naut. a long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and
      designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the
      commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.
      1913 webster

   4. mach. a rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or
      teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
      1913 webster

   gig machine, gigging machine, gig mill, or napping
   machine. see gig, 4.

   gig saw. see jig saw.
      1913 webster
see also:
gig machine gigging machine gig mill napping machine gig gig saw 
jig saw 

[8] : WordNet (r) 2.0

gig
     n 1: long and light rowing boat; especially for racing
     2: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching
        fish syn: spear, fizgig, fishgig, lance
     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"
     also: gigging, gigged
see also:
spear fizgig fishgig lance gigging gigged 

[9] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

44 moby thesaurus words for "gig":
   angle, appointment, bait the hook, berth, billet, bob, clam, dap,
   dib, dibble, drive, employment, engagement, fish, fly-fish,
   go fishing, grig, guddle, incumbency, jack, jacklight, jig, job,
   moonlighting, net, office, opening, place, position, post,
   second job, seine, service, shrimp, situation, spin, station,
   still-fish, tenure, torch, trawl, troll, vacancy, whale

[10] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

gig /jig/ or /gig/ n. si see quantifiers.


see also:
quantifiers 

[11] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

gig
     
        gigabyte
     
     
see also:
gigabyte 

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