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What does gig mean?

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Noun
  1. (music) A performing engagement by a musical group; or, generally, any job or role, especially for a musician or performer.
  2. (informal, by extension) Any job; especially one that is temporary; or alternately, one that is very desirable.
  3. (now historical) A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.
  4. (archaic) A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals.
  5. (Southern England) A six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
  6. (US, military) A demerit received for some infraction of military dress or deportment codes.
Verb
  1. To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
  2. To engage in musical performances.
  3. To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
  4. (US, military) To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.
Noun
  1. (computing) A gigabyte.
  2. (slang) Any unit having the SI prefix giga-
Noun
Verb
  1. To engender.
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