GIG

I. noun Etymology: Middle English -gyge (in whyrlegyge whirli~), of unknown origin Date: 1570 something that whirls or is whirled: as, top , whirli~ , a 3-digit selection in a numbers game, a person of odd or grotesque appearance, 3. a long light ship's boat, a rowboat designed for speed rather than for work, a light 2-wheeled one-horse carriage, II. intransitive verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 1807 to travel in a ~, III. noun Etymology: short for earlier fiz~, fish~, of unknown origin Date: 1722 a pronged spear for catching fish, an arrangement of hooks to be drawn through a school of fish in order to hook their bodies, IV. verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 1803 transitive verb to spear with a ~, 2. spur , jab , goad , provoke , intransitive verb to fish with a ~, V. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1926 a job usually for a specified time, VI. intransitive verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 1939 to work as a musician , VII. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1941 a military demerit, VIII. transitive verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: circa 1941 to give a military ~ to, IX. noun Date: 1987 ~abyte