I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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get
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But it was because I'd been at St. Martin's that we got that first gig .
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He was only getting him little gigs here and there and you wouldn't call him a dynamic person.
play
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I had crossed paths with Brian for the previous decade as we played solo gigs around the Valley.
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We'd been moaning to Malcolm about wanting to play some gigs .
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She started playing regular gigs at the Innerchange Coffeehouse in San Diego.
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You can't beat playing a gig , you get such a buzz off it.
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He looked just like he did when we played real gigs .
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The only problem is, one of them's still only thirteen and has to get time off school to play gigs .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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They are doing about 30 gigs on their European tour.
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Tom's band has a gig at the Blues Bar next week.
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We have a gig in L.A. on Thursday.
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Working for a TV show is a pretty good gig .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bored perhaps, they decided to reunite, doing gigs on their own at first.
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Charman, who decided to stay put, began logging gigs in a tour diary.
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I had crossed paths with Brian for the previous decade as we played solo gigs around the Valley.
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It's a real gig but it isn't.
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It isn't a perfect gig , but there's a fair buzz.
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So I cancelled the gig and they got the piano that was the right size and the gig was back on.
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Stuff he's into: Skateboarding, hip-hop and rock music, gigs, clubbing.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After a couple of years gigging at festivals, clubs and raves.
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I love gigging in the South although, oddly, it's the only place we've ever received death threats.
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That was the first time I'd had any money out of gigging in a year.
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The band, who've been gigging only sporadically, will play at least one London show before the end of November.
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They were the ultimate road band, gigging everywhere.
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We were gigging and getting well paid for it.