gig

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: gĭg
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɪɡ/
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• rhymes with -ɪɡ
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: jĭg
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪɡ/
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• homophone: jig (one pronunciation)
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• CMU ARPABET: G IH1 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The etymology of the noun is unknown, but compare Old French gigue (“a fiddle”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Sense 1 is a clipping of gigabyte, while sense 2 is a clipping of giga- (prefix multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one billion).

The noun is derived from Middle English gigg, gigge, gygge (“spinning object; a top”); further origin uncertain, possibly: * from Old Norse [Term?] (compare Danish gig (“a top”), dialectal Norwegian giga (“to shake about”)), from Proto-Germanic *gīganą (“to move, wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *gheyǵh-, *gheygh- (“to yawn, gape, long for, desire”); or * ultimately onomatopoeic. Senses 2–4 are thought to derive from sense 1 (“whipping-top”), but their exact relationship is unclear. The verb is derived from the noun.

From Middle English gig, gigge, gegge, possibly either: * from Old French gigue (“tall, skinny girl”) (modern French gigue), from Old Norse gikkr (“pert person”) (related to Danish gjæk (“fool, jester”), Swedish gäck (“fool, jester; a wag”); see also geck); or * from Middle English gigg, gigge, gygge (“spinning object; a top”) (see etymology 3).

The noun is derived from a clipping of fishgig, fizgig, possibly from Spanish fisga (“harpoon”). The verb is derived from the noun.

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَفْلَة (ḥafla) — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Chinese Mandarin: 演出 (yǎnchū) — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Chinese Mandarin: 音樂會 /音乐会 (yīnyuè huì) — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Czech: štace — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Czech: koncert — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Czech: vystoupení — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Danish: spillejob — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Danish: optræden — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Danish: gig — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Dutch: concert — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Dutch: optreden — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Dutch: schnabbel — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Estonian: keika — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Finnish: keikka — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• French: concert — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Georgian: წარმოდგენა (c̣armodgena) — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Georgian: კონცერტი (ḳoncerṭi) — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• German: Gig — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• German: Auftritt — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Hungarian: fellépés — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Hungarian: koncert — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Italian: esibizione — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Japanese: ギグ (gigu) — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Japanese: 仕事 (shigoto) — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Japanese: 出演 (shutsuen) — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Latvian: uzstāšanās — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Macedonian: свирка (svirka) — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Māori: konohete ōpaki — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Polish: fucha — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Polish: koncert — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Polish: występ — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Portuguese: apresentação — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Portuguese: show — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Russian: конце́рт (koncért) — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Russian: музыка́льное представле́ние (muzykálʹnoje predstavlénije) — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Russian: выступле́ние (vystuplénije) — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Serbo-Croatian: га́жа — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Serbo-Croatian: сви̑рка — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Serbo-Croatian: тѐзга — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Serbo-Croatian: gáža — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Serbo-Croatian: svȋrka — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Serbo-Croatian: tèzga — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Spanish: bolo — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Spanish: empleo — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Swedish: gig — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Swedish: spelning — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Swedish: framträdande — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Turkish: konser — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Vietnamese: biểu diễn — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Vietnamese: nhạc sống — performing engagement by a musician or musical group; job or role for a performer
• Bulgarian: халту́ра (haltúra) — any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis
• Dutch: klus — any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis
• Finnish: keikka — any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis
• Georgian: საქმე (sakme) — any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis
• Georgian: სამუშაო (samušao) — any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis
• Russian: халту́ра (xaltúra) — any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis
• Spanish: chapuza — any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis
• Swedish: påhugg — any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis
• Turkish: iş — any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis
• Dutch: gieg — clipping of gigabyte
• Finnish: giga — clipping of gigabyte
• Georgian: გიგი (gigi) — clipping of gigabyte
• Italian: giga — clipping of gigabyte
• Persian: گیگ (gig) — clipping of gigabyte
• Polish: giga — clipping of gigabyte
• Portuguese: giga — clipping of gigabyte
• Spanish: giga — clipping of gigabyte
• Dutch: gek — person with an odd appearance
• Dutch: malloot — person with an odd appearance
• Dutch: giek — small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
• French: gig — small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
• German: Gig — small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
• Norwegian Bokmål: gigg — small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
• Polish: gig — small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
• Russian: ги́чка (gíčka) — small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
• Swedish: gigg — small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
• Ukrainian: гі́чка (híčka) — small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
• German: Gig — similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
• Norwegian Bokmål: gigg — similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
• Polish: gig — similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
• Russian: ги́чка (gíčka) — similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
• Swedish: gigg — similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
• Bulgarian: двуколка (dvukolka) — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Catalan: carrossí — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Catalan: xarret — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Crimean Tatar: yaylı — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Danish: gig — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Dutch: giek — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Finnish: kiesit — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• French: gig — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Georgian: კაბრიოლეტი (ḳabrioleṭi) — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• German: Gig — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Italian: calesse — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Latin: cisium — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Macedonian: дво́колка (dvókolka) — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Māori: kiki — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Plautdietsch: Bogge — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Polish: gig — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Polish: dwukółka — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Portuguese: gig — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Russian: двуко́лка (dvukólka) — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Sardinian: birotzu — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Sardinian: carrotzinu — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Sassarese: caressu — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Spanish: charrete — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Swedish: gigg — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Ottoman Turkish: قاكلی (kañlı) — two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse
• Finnish: keikkailla — to engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.
• German: musizieren — to engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.
• Hungarian: fellép — to engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.
• Finnish: kiusata — to make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone) — see also make fun of
• German: veralbern — to make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone) — see also make fun of
• Danish: stange — to spear (fish, etc.) with a gig
• Galician: fisgar — to spear (fish, etc.) with a gig
• Finnish: tuulastaa — to catch or fish with a gig
• Finnish: pyytää atraimella — to catch or fish with a gig
• Galician: fisgar — to catch or fish with a gig
• German: speerfischen — to catch or fish with a gig