gig

1. 1.

   long and light rowing boat; especially for racing

   Broadersmall boat
2. 2.

   an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

   Synonymsspearfizgigfishgiglance

   Broaderimplement

   Narrowerharpoonleister

   Part offishing gear
3. 3.

   a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting

   Broaderhook

   Part offishing gear
4. 4.

   tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain

   Broadertender
5. 5.

   small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood

   Broadercarriage
6. 6.

   a booking for musicians

   “they played a gig in New Jersey”

   Broaderengagement

Other forms of gig

plural

gigs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gig

What does gig mean?

gig means "long and light rowing boat; especially for racing". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gig?

gig has 1 syllable: gig. In IPA it is /ˈɡɪɡ/.

What is another word for gig?

Close synonyms include spear, fizgig, fishgig, lance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gig a common word?

gig is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.