gig: Meaning and Definition of

gig

1. a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage.
1. a light boat rowed with four, six, or eight long oars.
2. a boat reserved for the use of the captain of a ship.
3. something that whirls.
4. Also calleda roller containing teasels, used for raising nap on a fabric.
5. whirligig (def. 5).

1. to ride in a gig.
2. to raise the nap on (a fabric).

gig

1. a device, commonly four hooks secured back to back, for dragging through a school of fish to hook them through the body.
2. a spearlike device with a long, thick handle, used for spearing fish and frogs.

1. to catch or spear (a fish or frog) with a gig.

1. to catch fish or frogs with a gig.

gig

1. an official report of a minor infraction of regulations, as in school or the army; a demerit.
2. a punishment for a minor infraction of rules.

1. to give a gig to or punish with a gig.

gig

1. a single professional engagement, usually of short duration, as of jazz or rock musicians.
2. any job, esp. one of short or uncertain duration: a teaching gig out west somewhere.

1. to work as a musician, esp. in a single engagement: He gigged with some of the biggest names in the business.