gig

  1. Noun.  (informal, music) A performing engagement by a musical group; or, generally, any job or role for a musician or performer.
  2. Noun.  (informal, by extension) Any job; especially one that is temporary; or alternately, one that is very desirable.
  3. Noun.  (context, now) A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.
  4. Noun.  (archaic) A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals.
  5. Noun.  (context, South England) A six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
  6. Noun.  (context, U.S. Military) A demerit received for some infraction of military dress or deportment codes. {as in "I received gigs for buttons un-buttoned"}.
  7. Verb.  To catch with a gig.
  8. Verb.  To engage in musical performances.
  9. Verb.  To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
  10. Verb.  To impose a demerit for an infraction of a U.S. Military dress or deportment code" as in: "His Sergeant '''gigged''' him for an unmade bunk.".
  11. Noun.  (colloquial, computing) A gigabyte.

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