gig

== Translingual == === Symbol === gig (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Goaria. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Goaria terms == English == === Etymology 1 === The etymology of the noun is unknown, but compare Old French gigue (“a fiddle”). The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: gĭg, IPA(key): /ɡɪɡ/ Rhymes: -ɪɡ ==== Noun ==== gig (plural gigs) (informal) Originally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer. (by extension) Any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis. (US, military) A demerit received for some infraction of a military deportment or dress code. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gig (third-person singular simple present gigs, present participle gigging, simple past and past participle gigged) (informal) (transitive) (music) To play (a musical instrument) at a gig. (US, military) To impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code. (intransitive) (film, music, television, theater) To engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc. (by extension) To work at any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis. ===== Derived terms ===== gigging (noun) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Sense 1 is a clipping of gigabyte, while sense 2 is a clipping of giga- (prefix multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one billion). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: gĭg, jĭg, IPA(key): /ɡɪɡ/, /d͡ʒɪɡ/ (one pronunciation) Homophone: jig (one pronunciation) Rhymes: -ɪɡ ==== Noun ==== gig (plural gig or gigs) (informal, computing) Clipping of gigabyte (“one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes”). (slang, chiefly sciences) Any unit of measurement having the SI prefix giga-. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === The noun is derived from Middle English gigg, gigge, gygge (“spinning object; a top”); further origin uncertain, possibly: from Old Norse [Term?] (compare Danish gig (“a top”), dialectal Norwegian giga (“to shake about”)), from Proto-Germanic *gīganą (“to move, wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ- (“to yawn, gape, long for, desire”); or ultimately onomatopoeic. Senses 2–4 are thought to derive from sense 1 (“whipping-top”), but their exact relationship is unclear. The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: gĭg, IPA(key): /ɡɪɡ/ Rhymes: -ɪɡ ==== Noun ==== gig (plural gigs) (obsolete) A top which is made to spin by tying a piece of string around it and then throwing it so that the string unwinds rapidly; a whipping-top. (chiefly UK, school slang (Eton College), archaic or dialectal) A person with an odd appearance; also, a foolish person. Senses relating to enjoyment. (slang, archaic or UK, dialectal) Fun; frolics. (obsolete) A fanciful impulse; a whim; also, a joke. Senses relating to vehicles. (nautical) A small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc. (Southern England, by extension) A similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; specifically, a six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. (road transport, historical) A two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gig (third-person singular simple present gigs, present participle gigging, simple past and past participle gigged) (transitive) To make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of. (intransitive) Sometimes followed by it: to ride in a gig (“a two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse”). ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === From Middle English gig, gigge, gegge, possibly either: from Old French gigue (“tall, skinny girl”) (modern French gigue), from Old Norse gikkr (“pert person”) (related to Danish gjæk (“fool, jester”), Swedish gäck (“fool, jester; a wag”); see also geck); or from Middle English gigg, gigge, gygge (“spinning object; a top”) (see etymology 3). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: gĭg, IPA(key): /ɡɪɡ/ Rhymes: -ɪɡ ==== Noun ==== gig (plural gigs) (obsolete) A frivolous, playful, or wanton young woman; a giglet or giglot. Synonym: fizgig === Etymology 5 === The noun is derived from a clipping of fishgig, fizgig, possibly from Spanish fisga (“harpoon”). The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: gĭg, IPA(key): /ɡɪɡ/ Rhymes: -ɪɡ ==== Noun ==== gig (plural gigs) (fishing) Synonym of fishgig or fizgig (“a spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals”). ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gig (third-person singular simple present gigs, present participle gigging, simple past and past participle gigged) (fishing) (transitive) To spear (fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig. (intransitive) To catch or fish with a gig or fizgig. ===== Derived terms ===== gigger gigging (noun) ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === gigabyte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia gig (boat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia gig (carriage) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia gig worker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia gig (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “gig”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === See also === sheela-na-gig (etymologically unrelated) === Anagrams === IgG, igg == Sumerian == === Romanization === gig romanization of 𒍼 (gig) == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English gig. === Noun === gig n a gig (concert) Synonyms: spelning, framträdande ==== Declension ==== === References === “gig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Welsh == === Noun === gig soft mutation of cig (“meat”) === Mutation === == Zhuang == === Pronunciation === (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /kik˧/ Tone numbers: gig8 Hyphenation: gig === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Chinese 極 (MC gik). ==== Adverb ==== gig (Sawndip form 亟, 1957–1982 spelling gig) extremely; highly; very === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Chinese 激 (MC kek). ==== Verb ==== gig (1957–1982 spelling gig) to provoke; to agitate