gig
noun
[ ɡɪɡ ]
• a light two-wheeled carriage pulled by one horse.
• a light, fast, narrow boat adapted for rowing or sailing.
Origin:
late 18th century: apparently a transferred sense of obsolete gig ‘a flighty girl’, which was also applied to various objects or devices that whirled.
gig
noun
• a live performance by a musician or group playing popular or jazz music.
gig
verb
• perform a gig or gigs.
• "two or three nights a week we were gigging"
Origin:
1920s: of unknown origin.
gig
noun
• a device similar to a harpoon, used for catching fish.
gig
verb
• fish using a gig.
Origin:
early 18th century: shortening of earlier (rarely used) fizgig, probably from Spanish fisga ‘harpoon’.
gig
noun
• short for gigabyte.
• "over 9 gigs of programs for the PC"
