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GIG
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Irregular inflected forms: gigged , gigging
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A booking for musicians
Example:
they played a gig in New Jersey
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gig" is a kind of...):
booking; engagement (employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time)
Sense 2
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 3
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 4
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 5
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 6
Meaning:
An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
Synonyms:
fishgig; fizgig; gig; lance; spear
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)
Context examples:
“Only one of the gigs is being manned, sir,” I added; “the crew of the other most likely going round by shore to cut us off.”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The missus and me can drive down to Crawley in the gig, and a yard of stickin’ plaster and a raw steak will soon set me to rights.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
What do you think of my gig, Miss Morland?
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
There was a slight bend in the coast, and I steered so as to put it between us; even before we landed we had thus lost sight of the gigs.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Looking at the gig, I saw that it was indeed Mrs. Harrison who was seated in it.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
John Thorpe kept of course with Catherine, and, after a few minutes' silence, renewed the conversation about his gig.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
“Here come the gigs, sir,” said I.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It was market day at Redhill, and the road was crowded with carts of produce, droves of bullocks, and farmers’ gigs.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In a very few minutes she reappeared, having scarcely allowed the two others time enough to get through a few short sentences in her praise, after Thorpe had procured Mrs. Allen's admiration of his gig; and then receiving her friend's parting good wishes, they both hurried downstairs.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
If we let the current have its way we should come ashore beside the gigs, where the pirates might appear at any moment.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
