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)
Gig
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
GIG (Grand invalide de guerre)
Great invalide of war
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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