gig

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (informal) Originally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer.
2. (broadly, informal) Any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
3. (US, informal) A demerit received for some infraction of a military deportment or dress code.

Verb

1. (informal, transitive) To play (a musical instrument) at a gig.
2. (US, informal, transitive) To impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
3. (informal, intransitive) To engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.
4. (broadly, informal, intransitive) To work at any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.

Verb

1. (informal, transitive) To make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of.
2. (informal, intransitive) Sometimes followed by it: to ride in a gig (“a two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse”).

Verb

1. (informal, transitive) To spear (fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig.
2. (informal, intransitive) To catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.

Sinónimos

fizgig

boat

⛵

fishgig

spear

two-wheeled cart

dinghy

lance

chaise

trident

🔱

trap

🪤

yawl

buggy

cabriolet

job

kibble

pinnace

rowboat

🚣

shallop

skiff

stage-coach

teetotum

tender

top

🔝

whirligig

yawn

ship’s boat

temporary job

leister

whirlgig

rotating body

canoe

🛶

carriage

cart

concert

cutter

dray

fish-fork

gaff

gondola

growler

harpoon

heist

Traducións

calesse

lancia

calesa

show

spettacolo

embarcation

⛵

concert

barca

⛵

arpione

canotto

concerto

bateau

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ɡɪɡ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: gigg

Relativo a dinamarqués: gig

Relativo a noruegués: giga

In summary

The etymology of the noun is unknown, but compare Old French gigue (“a fiddle”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Frases

They are directed by Wayne Lackman of Gig Harbor , Washington .