gig

1. A performing engagement by a musical group; or, generally, any job or role, especially for a musician or performer.

   Hey, when are we gonna get that hotel gig again?

2. (by extension) Any job; especially one that is temporary; or alternately, one that is very desirable.

   Hey, that guy's got a great gig over at the bike shop. He hardly works all day

3. A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals.
4. A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.
5. (South England) A six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
6. An open boat used to transport the captain of a ship, the captain's gig.
7. A demerit received for some infraction of military dress or deportment codes.

   I received gigs for having buttons undone.

1. To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
2. To engage in musical performances.

   The Stones were gigging around Richmond at the time

3. To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.

   His older cousin was just gigging him about being in love with that girl from school.

4. To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.

   His sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk.

1. Clipped form of gigabyte.

   My new computer has over 500 gigs of hard drive space.

2. Any unit having the SI prefix giga-

noun

A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.

verb

To engender.