plural gigs
: a job usually for a specified time
especially
: an entertainer's engagement see also gig economy, gig worker
gigged; gigging
: to work as a musician
gigged with various bands—
Downbeat
Downbeat1
: 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
gigged; gigging
: to fish with a gig
: a military demerit
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
With such an unstable organization, this could dissuade Vrabel from pursuing a head-coaching gig with New York.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Spin Staff, SPIN, 29 Dec. 2024
In San Francisco, the band gigged for radical activists, arts spaces, spiritual centers (a Hare Krishna temple, a Zen monastery) and music education.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2024
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Noun
These projects will mark Holland’s first movie gigs in over a year.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
With such an unstable organization, this could dissuade Vrabel from pursuing a head-coaching gig with New York.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
Later, the staunch Republican Charlie Daniels is shown gigging in support of Carter’s re-election.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 29 Dec. 2024
In San Francisco, the band gigged for radical activists, arts spaces, spiritual centers (a Hare Krishna temple, a Zen monastery) and music education.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Gig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gig. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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