[gig] n [ME -gyge (in whyrlegyge whirligig), of unknown origin] (1570) 1: something that whirls or is whirled: as a obs: top, whirligig b: a 3-digit selection in a numbers game
2: a person of odd or grotesque appearance 3 a: a long light ship's boat b: a rowboat designed for speed rather than for work
4: a light two-wheeled one-horse carriage
[2]gig vi gigged ; gig.ging (1807): to travel in a gig [3]gig n [short for earlier fizgig, fishgig, of unknown origin] (1722) 1: a pronged spear for catching fish
2: an arrangement of hooks to be drawn through a school of fish in order to hook their bodies [4]gig vb gigged ; gig.ging vt (1803) 1: to spear with a gig
2. a chiefly West: spur, jab b: goad, provoke ~ vi: to fish with a gig [5]gig n [origin unknown] (1926): a job usu. for a specified time; esp: an entertainer's engagement [6]gig vi gigged ; gig.ging (1939): to work as a musician "gigged with various bands --Downbeat" [7]gig n [origin unknown] (ca. 1941): a military demerit [8]gig vt gigged ; gig.ging (ca. 1941): to give a military gig to