gig

(informal) a job for a performer, such as playing music at a club or acting in a play

(informal) Any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.

(slang) Any unit of measurement having the SI prefix giga-.

(informal) Clipping of gigabyte (“one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes”).

(historical) A two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.

A small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.

A similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; specifically, a six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

(US, informal) A demerit received for some infraction of a military deportment or dress code.

Synonym of fishgig or fizgig (“a spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals”).

(slang, no longer used) Fun; frolics.

(no longer used) A fanciful impulse; a whim; also, a joke.

(dialect, no longer used) A person with an odd appearance; also, a foolish person.

(no longer used) A top which is made to spin by tying a piece of string around it and then throwing it so that the string unwinds rapidly; a whipping-top.

(no longer used) A frivolous, playful, or wanton young woman; a giglet or giglot.

(informal) To play (a musical instrument) at a gig.

(informal) To engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.

(informal) To work at any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.

(US, informal) To impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.

To make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of.

To spear (fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig.

To catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.

Sometimes followed by it: to ride in a gig (“a two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse”).