Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gig"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gig \Gig\ (j[i^]g or g[i^]g), n. [Cf. OF. gigue. See {Jig}, n.]
A fiddle. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gig \Gig\ (g[i^]g), v. t. [Prob. fr. L. gignere to beget.]
To engender. [Obs.] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gig \Gig\, n.
A kind of spear or harpoon. See {Fishgig}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gig \Gig\, v. t.
To fish with a gig.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gig \Gig\, n. [OE. gigge. Cf. {Giglot}.]
A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gig \Gig\, n. [Cf. Icel. g[imac]gja fiddle, MHG. g[imac]ge, G.
geige, Icel. geiga to take a wrong direction, rove at random,
and E. jig.]
1. A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round
in play.
Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig.
--Shak.
2. A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one
horse; a kind of chaise.
3. (Naut.) 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.
4. (Mach.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or
teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
{Gig machine}, {Gigging machine}, {Gig mill}, or {Napping
machine}. See {Gig}, 4.
{Gig saw}. See {Jig saw}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gig
n 1: long and light rowing boat; especially for racing
2: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching
fish [syn: {spear}, {fizgig}, {fishgig}, {lance}]
3: a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a
school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are
not biting
4: tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use
of captain
5: small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and
no hood
6: a booking for musicians; "they played a gig in New Jersey"
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