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Gig

Gig Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gig? [n] a booking for musicians; "they played a gig in New Jersey" [n] small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood [n] tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain [n] long and light rowing boat; especially for racing [n] a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting [n] an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gig: fishgig \| fizgig \| lance \| spear Related Terms \| Find terms related to 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 See Also \| booking \| carriage \| cutter \| engagement \| equipage \| fishing gear \| fishing rig \| fishing tackle \| harpoon \| hook \| implement \| leister \| pinnace \| rig \| ship's boat \| small boat \| tackle \| tender Gig In Webster's Dictionary \Gig\ (j[i^]g or g[i^]g), n. [Cf. OF. gigue. See {Jig}, n.] A fiddle. [Obs.] \Gig\ (g[i^]g), v. t. [Prob. fr. L. gignere to beget.] To engender. [Obs.] --Dryden. \Gig\, n. A kind of spear or harpoon. See {Fishgig}. \Gig\, v. t. To fish with a gig. \Gig\, n. [OE. gigge. Cf. {Giglot}.] A playful or wanton girl; a giglot. \Gig\, n. [Cf. Icel. g[imac]gja fiddle, MHG. g[imac]ge, 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. Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig. --Shak. 2. A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise. 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. 4. (Mach.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth. {Gig machine}, {Gigging machine}, {Gig mill}, or {Napping machine}. See {Gig}, 4. {Gig saw}. See {Jig saw}.

Gig Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gig?

[n] a booking for musicians; "they played a gig in New Jersey"
[n] small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood
[n] tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain
[n] long and light rowing boat; especially for racing
[n] a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting
[n] an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gig: fishgig | fizgig | lance | spear

Gig In Webster's Dictionary

\Gig\ (j[i^]g or g[i^]g), n. [Cf. OF. gigue. See {Jig}, n.]
A fiddle. [Obs.]


\Gig\ (g[i^]g), v. t. [Prob. fr. L. gignere to beget.]
To engender. [Obs.] --Dryden.


\Gig\, n.
A kind of spear or harpoon. See {Fishgig}.


\Gig\, v. t.
To fish with a gig.


\Gig\, n. [OE. gigge. Cf. {Giglot}.]
A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.


\Gig\, n. [Cf. Icel. g[imac]gja fiddle, MHG. g[imac]ge, 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.

         Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig.
                                               --Shak.

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

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.

4. (Mach.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or
   teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.

{Gig machine}, {Gigging machine}, {Gig mill}, or {Napping
machine}. See {Gig}, 4.

{Gig saw}. See {Jig saw}.

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