gignoun詞源 1/ɡɪɡ/

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  informalOriginally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) 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?
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  informalAny 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.
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  informalgovernmentmilitarypoliticsA demerit received for some infraction of a military deportment or dress code.

  • I received gigs for having buttons of my uniform undone.

gigverb詞源 1/ɡɪɡ/

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  informalentertainmentlifestylemusicTo play (a musical instrument) at a gig.

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  informalgovernmentmilitarypoliticsTo impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.

  • His sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk.
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  informalbroadcastingentertainmentfilmTo engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.

  • The Rolling Stones were gigging around Richmond at the time.
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  informalTo work at any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.

gignoun詞源 2/ɡɪɡ/

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  slanginformalsciencesAny unit of measurement having the SI prefix giga-.

gignoun詞源 3/ɡɪɡ/

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  obsoleteinformalA 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.

  • Peda[nt]. Thou diſputes like an Infant: goe vvhip thy Gigg. / Pag[e]. Lende me your Horne to make one, and I vvill vvhip about your Infamie vnũ cita a gigge of a Cuckolds horne.
  • Play-things vvhich are above their [children's] Skill to make; as Tops, Gigs, Battledors, and the like, vvhich are to be uſed vvith labour, ſhould indeed be procur'd them: Theſe 'tis convenient they ſhould have, not for Variety, but Exerciſe.
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  archaicdialectalinformalA person with an odd appearance; also, a foolish person.

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  archaicdialectalslanginformalSenses relating to enjoyment.

  • Such was his toil, when one night coming home, / Such swell uncivil, who'd been out to roam / In search of lark, or some delicious gig / The mind delights in, when 'tis in prime twig,—
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  obsoleteinformalSenses relating to enjoyment.

  • I muſt goe ſee him preſently, / For this is ſuch a gig: for certaine Gentlemen / The Fiend rides on a Fiddleſticke.
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  informalnauticaltransportSenses relating to vehicles.

  • She [a frigate] also carried a Commodore's Barge, a Captain's Gig, and a "dingy," a small yawl, with a crew of apprentice boys. […] Above all, the officers see to it that the Commodore's Barge and the Captain's Gig are manned by gentlemanly youths, who do credit to their country, and form agreeable objects for the eyes of the Commodore or Captain to repose upon as he tranquilly sits in the stern, when pulled ashore by his barge-men or gig-men, as the case may be.
  • The captain's gig still lies before ye whole and sound, / It shall carry all o' we.
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  informalnauticaltransportSenses relating to vehicles.

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  historicalinformalroadtransportSenses relating to vehicles.

  • While Sir William was with them, Mr. Collins devoted his mornings to driving him out in his gig, and shewing him the country; […]
  • Here a coach thundered over the pavement, and there an unwieldy omnibus, with spruce gigs rattling past, and horsemen prancing through all the bustle.

gigverb詞源 3/ɡɪɡ/

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  informalTo 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.
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  informalSometimes followed by it: to ride in a gig (“a two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse”).

gignoun詞源 4/ɡɪɡ/

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  obsoleteinformalA frivolous, playful, or wanton young woman; a giglet or giglot.

gignoun詞源 5/ɡɪɡ/

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  informalfishinghobbieslifestyleSynonym of fishgig or fizgig (“a spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals”).

  • On toward dusk some little gypsy boys whittled gigs from river-birch limbs and went to a backwater and gigged frogs until they had a basketful.

gigverb詞源 5/ɡɪɡ/

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  informalfishinghobbieslifestyleTo spear (fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig.

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  informalfishinghobbieslifestyleTo catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.

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