GIG (gigged, gigging)

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Irregular inflected forms: gigged    , gigging   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does gig mean? 

• GIG (noun)
  The noun GIG has 6 senses:

1. long and light rowing boat; especially for racing

2. an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

3. a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting

4. tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain

5. small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood

6. a booking for musicians

  Familiarity information: GIG used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long and light rowing boat; especially for racing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gig" is a kind of...):

small boat (a boat that is small)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fishgig; fizgig; gig; lance; spear

Hypernyms ("gig" is a kind of...):

implement (instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gig"):

harpoon (a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it)

leister (a spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (especially salmon))

Holonyms ("gig" is a member of...):

fishing gear; fishing rig; fishing tackle; rig; tackle (gear used in fishing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gig" is a kind of...):

hook (a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something)

Holonyms ("gig" is a part of...):

fishing gear; fishing rig; fishing tackle; rig; tackle (gear used in fishing)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gig" is a kind of...):

cutter; pinnace; ship's boat; tender (a boat for communication between ship and shore)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gig" is a kind of...):

carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A booking for musicians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

they played a gig in New Jersey

Hypernyms ("gig" is a kind of...):

booking; engagement (employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time)

 Context examples 

And by this time we had reached the gigs.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Morland is a fool for not keeping a horse and gig of his own.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

I have already remarked that when we looked around us there had been a single gig travelling very rapidly upon the southern road.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The law was allowed to be genteel enough; many young men, who had chambers in the Temple, made a very good appearance in the first circles, and drove about town in very knowing gigs.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

While Sir William was with them, Mr. Collins devoted his morning to driving him out in his gig, and showing him the country; but when he went away, the whole family returned to their usual employments, and Elizabeth was thankful to find that they did not see more of her cousin by the alteration, for the chief of the time between breakfast and dinner was now passed by him either at work in the garden or in reading and writing, and looking out of the window in his own book-room, which fronted the road.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

This long meadow bordered a lane, which their footpath, at the end of it was to cross, and when the party had all reached the gate of exit, the carriage advancing in the same direction, which had been some time heard, was just coming up, and proved to be Admiral Croft's gig.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

The gig was no longer to be feared; the little point had already concealed it from our eyes.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“Yes, Sir Charles,” said Mrs. Harrison, who had left the gig and approached us.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Oh, these odious gigs!” said Isabella, looking up.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

The Musgroves could hardly be more ready to invite than he to come, particularly in the morning, when he had no companion at home, for the Admiral and Mrs Croft were generally out of doors together, interesting themselves in their new possessions, their grass, and their sheep, and dawdling about in a way not endurable to a third person, or driving out in a gig, lately added to their establishment.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)