[gig] 
noun, verb, gigged, gig⋅ging.| 1. | a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage. |
| 2. | Nautical.
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| 3. | something that whirls. |
| 4. | Also called gig mill. a roller containing teasels, used for raising nap on a fabric. |
| 5. | Obsolete. whirligig (def. 5). |
| 6. | to ride in a gig. |
| 7. | to raise the nap on (a fabric). |
[gig] noun, verb, gigged, gig⋅ging.| 1. | a device, commonly four hooks secured back to back, for dragging through a school of fish to hook them through the body. |
| 2. | a spearlike device with a long, thick handle, used for spearing fish and frogs. |
| 3. | to catch or spear (a fish or frog) with a gig. |
| 4. | to catch fish or frogs with a gig. |
[gig] noun, verb, gigged, gig⋅ging.| 1. | an official report of a minor infraction of regulations, as in school or the army; a demerit. |
| 2. | a punishment for a minor infraction of rules. |
| 3. | to give a gig to or punish with a gig. |
[gig] noun, verb, gigged, gig⋅ging. Slang.| 1. | a single professional engagement, usually of short duration, as of jazz or rock musicians. |
| 2. | any job, esp. one of short or uncertain duration: a teaching gig out west somewhere. |
| 3. | to work as a musician, esp. in a single engagement: He gigged with some of the biggest names in the business. |
| gig 1 (gĭg) n.
To ride in a gig. [Perhaps from obsolete gig, spinning top, from Middle English gyg-, possibly of Scandinavian origin.] |
| gig 2 (gĭg) n.
v. tr. To fish for or catch with a gig. v. intr. To catch a fish or frog with a gig. [Short for fishgig.] |
| gig 3 (gĭg) n. A demerit given in the military. tr.v. gigged, gig·ging, gigs To give a military demerit to. [Origin unknown.] |
| gig 4 (gĭg) n. A job, especially a booking for musicians. intr.v. gigged, gig·ging, gigs To work as a musician: "gigging weekends as a piano player in the ski joints" (Joel Oppenheimer). [Origin unknown.] |
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