GIG

vt to fish with a gig.

2. gig ·noun a fiddle.

3. gig ·noun a playful or wanton girl; a giglot.

4. gig ·vt to engender.

5. gig ·noun a kind of spear or harpoon. ·see fishgig.

6. gig ·noun a top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.

7. gig ·noun a light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.

8. gig ·noun a rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.

9. gig ·noun a long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.