I. gig 1 /ɡɪɡ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Sense 1-2: Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: Origin unknown. ]
[ Sense 3: Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: gigabyte ]
1 . a performance by a musician or a group of musicians playing modern popular music or ↑ jazz , or a performance by a ↑ comedian
do/play/have a gig
The band are doing a gig in Sheffield on Nov 12.
2 . American English informal a job, especially one that does not last for a long time
3 . informal a gigabyte
II. gig 2 BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle gigged , present participle gigging ) [intransitive]
to give a performance of modern popular music or ↑ jazz