C1verb · transitive · rare

gig

gig · gigs · gigged · gigging

To play at a gigTo play (a musical instrument) at a gig.

/ɡɪɡ/

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to engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.:

to make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone) — see also make fun of:

to catch or fish with a gig:

8 senses

(informal, intransitive)To engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.
The Rolling Stones were gigging around Richmond at the time.
musizieren
(informal, transitive)To make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of.
His older cousin was just gigging him about being in love with that girl from school.
veralbern
(informal, intransitive)To catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.
speerfischen

More meanings 5

(US, informal, transitive)To impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
His sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk.
(informal, transitive)To play (a musical instrument) at a gig.
(broadly, informal, intransitive)To work at any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
(informal, intransitive)Sometimes followed by it: to ride in a gig (“a two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse”).
(informal, transitive)To spear (fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig.

The etymology of the noun is unknown, but compare Old French gigue (“a fiddle”). The verb

The etymology of the noun is unknown, but compare Old French gigue (“a fiddle”). The verb is derived from the noun.

The noun is derived from Middle English gigg, gigge, gygge (“spinning object; a top”); further origin uncertain, possibly:

The noun is derived from a clipping of fishgig, fizgig, possibly from Spanish fisga (“harpoon”).

gigs, gigging, gigged, gigged

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gig · gigged · will gig · have gigged

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I, you, we, they	gig
he, she, it	gigs

I, you, we, they	have gigged
he, she, it	has gigged

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will gig

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gigged

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