gig

🇺🇸 /ɡɪɡ/ 🇬🇧 /ɡɪɡ/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000
noun
B2

A live music or comedy show.

They're doing a gig in Boston tonight.

R

A temporary job or position.

She landed her first gig on a kids' TV show.

R

A unit of computer memory equal to 1 billion bytes.

R

A unit of computer memory equal to 1 trillion bytes.

R

A small two-wheeled carriage pulled by one horse.

verb
R

To perform music live, especially modern styles.

Zoe started off singing as part of a reggae band, gigging around the country.

translation

n. A live music or comedy show.; A temporary job or position.; A unit of computer memory equal to 1 billion bytes.; A unit of computer memory equal to 1 trillion bytes.; A small two-wheeled carriage pulled by one horse.
v. To perform music live, especially modern styles.

Word Forms

Past gigged
Plural gigs
3rd Present gigs
Perfect gigged
Progressive gigging