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gig
n. coach, two-wheeled carriage pulled by one horse; small boat; light racing boat; spear with a prong; harpoon; set of hooks used for fishing; temporary job; little item that is whirled round in play; live performance by a musician or other performer; musical engagement (Slang); demerit (Slang); roller that contains teasels to raise nap on a fabric
 
v. ride in a one-horse carriage; catch an animal with a gig; fish with a gig; (Slang ) give a demerit; play a musical engagement; raise the nap on cloth
 
n. (Slang) gigabyte (Computers)


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Gig
Gig may refer to:Global Information GridGig (musical performance), live performance by a musician or other performerTemporary work, by extensionFrog gigging, the practice of hunting frogs with a spearGigabyteGig (carriage), a 2-wheeled sprung cart to be pulled by a horseCaptain's gig , a boat used on naval ships as the Captain's taxiCornish pilot gig, a six-oared rowing boat, built of Cornish narrow leaf elm, 32 feet long with a beam of four feet ten inches
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gig
Noun
1. long and light rowing boat; especially for racing
(hypernym) small boat
2. an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
(synonym) spear, fizgig, fishgig, lance
(hypernym) implement
(hyponym) harpoon
(member-holonym) fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig
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
(hypernym) hook
(part-holonym) fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig
4. tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain
(hypernym) tender, ship's boat, pinnace, cutter
5. small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood
(hypernym) carriage, equipage, rig
6. a booking for musicians; "they played a gig in New Jersey"
(hypernym) engagement, booking


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GIG (Grand invalide de guerre)
Great invalide of war

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Gig
(v. t.)
To fish with a gig.
  
 
(v. t.)
To engender.
  
 
(n.)
A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.
  
 
(n.)
A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
  
 
(n.)
A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  
 
(n.)
A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
  
 
(n.)
A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
  
 
(n.)
A fiddle.
  

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