gig

gig
I. noun Etymology: Middle English -gyge (in whyrlegyge whirligig), of unknown origin Date: 1570 1. something that whirls or is whirled: as a. obsolete top, whirligig b. a 3-digit selection in a numbers game 2. a person of odd or grotesque appearance 3. a. a long light ship's boat b. a rowboat designed for speed rather than for work 4. a light 2-wheeled one-horse carriage II. intransitive verb (gigged; gigging) Date: 1807 to travel in a gig III. noun Etymology: short for earlier fizgig, fishgig, of unknown origin Date: 1722 1. a pronged spear for catching fish 2. an arrangement of hooks to be drawn through a school of fish in order to hook their bodies IV. verb (gigged; gigging) Date: 1803 transitive verb 1. to spear with a gig 2. a. chiefly West spur, jab b. goad, provoke intransitive verb to fish with a gig V. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1926 a job usually for a specified time; especially an entertainer's engagement VI. intransitive verb (gigged; gigging) Date: 1939 to work as a musician <
gigged with various bands — Downbeat
> VII. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1941 a military demerit VIII. transitive verb (gigged; gigging) Date: circa 1941 to give a military gig to IX. noun Date: 1987 gigabyte

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