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Substantiivi

1. Originally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer.
2. (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”).
3. (obsolete) A frivolous, playful, or wanton young woman; a giglet or giglot.
4. (informal, computing) Clipping of gigabyte (“one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes”).
5. (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.
6. (by extension) Any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
7. (chiefly British, school slang (Eton College), archaic or dialectal) A person with an odd appearance; also, a foolish person.
8. (slang, chiefly sciences) Any unit of measurement having the SI prefix giga-.
9. Senses relating to enjoyment.
10. (US, military) A demerit received for some infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
11. (slang, archaic or British, dialectal) Fun; frolics.
12. (obsolete) A fanciful impulse; a whim; also, a joke.
13. Senses relating to vehicles.
14. A small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
15. (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.
16. (road transport, historical) A two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.

Verbi

1. (transitive) To spear (fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig.
2. (transitive) To make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of.
3. (intransitive) To catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.
4. (intransitive) Sometimes followed by it: to ride in a gig.
5. (music) To play (a musical instrument) at a gig.
6. (US, military) To impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
7. (film, music, television, theater) To engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.
8. (by extension) To work at any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.