GIG


Meaning of GIG in English

1. n.1 a light two-wheeled one-horse carriage.

2 a light ship's boat for rowing or sailing.

3 a rowing-boat esp. for racing.

Etymology: ME in var. senses: prob. imit. 2. n. & v. colloq.

--n. an engagement of an entertainer, esp. of musicians to play jazz or dance music, usu. for a single appearance.

--v.intr. (gigged, gigging) perform a gig.

Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn. 3. n. a kind of fishing-spear.

Etymology: short for fizgig, fishgig: cf. Sp. fisga harpoon

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.