Usually means: Temporary, flexible, independent job assignment.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. gig: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. gig, gig, gig, gig: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gig, gig, gig, gig, gig: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gig: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gig: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gig, gig: Wordnik
  7. gig: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. gig: Wiktionary
  9. gig: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. gig: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. gig: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. gig: Dictionary.com
  13. gig (1), gig (2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Gig (Circle Jerks album), Gig (boat), Gig (carriage), Gig (music), Gig (musical performance), Gig: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Gig: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. gig: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. gig: Rhymezone
  18. Gig (m), gig: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. gig: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Gig: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. gig: Free Dictionary
  22. gig: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. gig: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Gig: The Word Detective
  25. gig: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. Gig: World Wide Words

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Jazz Humor (No longer online)
  3. gig-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. gig: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. gig: Netlingo
  3. Gig (spear), gig: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Gig (spear), gig: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. GIG: Acronym Finder
  3. GIG: Three Letter Words with definitions
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)
  2. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. gig, gig, gig, gig, gig, gig, gig, gig, gig, gig, gig, gig, gig, gig, gig, gig, gig, gig, gig: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. gig: The Folk File
  3. GIG, The Gig, g.i.g: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. GIG: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  4. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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noun:  Originally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer.
noun:  (by extension) Any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
noun:  (US, military) A demerit received for some infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
verb:  (transitive)
verb:  (music) To play (a musical instrument) at a gig.
verb:  (US, military) To impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
verb:  (intransitive)
verb:  (film, music, television, theater) To engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.
verb:  (by extension) To work at any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
noun:  (slang, chiefly sciences) Any unit of measurement having the SI prefix giga-.
noun:  (obsolete) 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.
noun:  (chiefly British, school slang (Eton College), archaic or dialectal) A person with an odd appearance; also, a foolish person.
noun:  Senses relating to enjoyment.
noun:  (slang, archaic or British, dialectal) Fun; frolics.
noun:  (obsolete) A fanciful impulse; a whim; also, a joke.
noun:  Senses relating to vehicles.
noun:  (nautical)
noun:  A small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
noun:  (Southern England, by extension) 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.
noun:  (road transport, historical) A two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.
verb:  (transitive) To make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of.
verb:  (intransitive) Sometimes followed by it: to ride in a gig (“a two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse”).
noun:  (obsolete) A frivolous, playful, or wanton young woman; a giglet or giglot.
noun:  (fishing) Synonym of fishgig or fizgig (“a spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals”).
verb:  (transitive) To spear (fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig.
verb:  (intransitive) To catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.
noun:  (informal, computing) Clipping of gigabyte (“one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes”). [(computing, formal) One billion (10⁹, or 1,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 megabytes.]

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