Gig

English Meaning

A fiddle.

1. A light, two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse.
2. Nautical A long light ship's boat, usually reserved for use by the ship's captain.
3. Nautical A fast light rowboat.
4. An object that whirls.
5. Games A three-digit selection in a numbers game.
6. To ride in a gig.
7. An arrangement of barbless hooks that is dragged through a school of fish to hook them in their bodies.
8. A pronged spear for fishing or catching frogs.
9. To fish for or catch with a gig.
10. To catch a fish or frog with a gig.
11. A demerit given in the military.
12. To give a military demerit to.
13. A job, especially a booking for musicians.
14. To work as a musician: "gigging weekends as a piano player in the ski joints” ( Joel Oppenheimer).
15. Informal A gigabyte.