Gig
Gig (jig or gig) , noun
[Compare Old French gigue. See Jig, n.]
A fiddle. [Obsolete]
Gig (gig) , transitive verb
[Probably from Latin gignere to beget.]
To engender. [Obsolete] — Dryden
Gig , noun
A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
Gig , transitive verb
To fish with a gig.
Gig , noun
[Old English gigge. Compare Giglot.]
A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
Gig , noun
[Compare Icelandic gīgja fiddle, Middle High German gīge, German geige, Icelandic geiga to take a wrong direction, rove at random, and English jig.]
1.
A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.
Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig.
2.
A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
3.
(Nautical) 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.
4.
(Machinery) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
Collocations (2)
Gig machine or Gigging machine or Gig mill or Napping machine , See Gig, 4.
Gig saw , See Jig saw.
Gig , noun
A job for a specified, usually short period of time; -- used especially for the temporary engagements of an entertainer, such as a jazz musician or a rock group; as, a one-week gig in Las Vegas.