meaning of gig
1. A fiddle.
2. To engender.
3. A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
4. To fish with a gig.
5. A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
6. A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.
7. A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
8. A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captains gig.
9. A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
10. a booking for musicians; "they played a gig in New
">Jersey"
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