Noun: gig
| Singular | gig |
| Plural | gigs; gig |
Sample Sentences
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I caught one of the Rolling Stones’ first gigs in Richmond.
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Hey, when are we gonna get that hotel gig again?
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I had this gig as a file clerk but it wasn’t my style so I left.
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That guy’s got a great gig over at the bike shop. He hardly works all day.
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Whether you want to have some occasional translation gigs or turn freelance translating into your fulltime occupation, you'll need to know some essential things […] [2014 July 24, R. Z. Aklat, “Introduction”, in Become a Freelance Translator, [S.l.]: R. Z. Aklat, →ISBN:]
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In recent decades, "gig" has become just a hip term for any temporary job or stint, with the implication you're not particularly invested in it. I think of the barista or bookstore clerk who responds to my questions with a look that says, "Hey, man, it's a gig. I don't really DO this?" That tone of insouciance has made "the gig economy" the predominant name for what's being touted as the industrial revolution of our times. [2016 January 11, Geoffrey Nunberg, “Fresh Air: Goodbye Jobs, Hello ‘Gigs’: How One Word Sums Up a New Economic Reality”, in NPR, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2022:]
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I received gigs for having buttons of my uniform undone.
Nouns inflected like gig
whiting,
Munduruku,
Mundurucu,
sempai,
senpai,
saseng,
satang,
cunjevoi,
sansei,
Namboothiri,
somoni,
Sentinelese,
siopao,
shogun,
shinza,
Barakzai,
Chippewyan,
Diaguita,
shōgun,
thermal horsepower, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
The etymology of the noun is unknown, but compare Old French gigue (“a fiddle”). The verb is derived from the noun.
Verbs referencing "gig"
Swedish Nouns
gig, German Nouns
Geige, Russian Nouns
гичка, Swedish Nouns
gigg.