racing gig

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   a light narrow racing boat for two or more oarsmen

   Broaderracing boat

Questions about racing gig

What does racing gig mean?

racing gig means "a light narrow racing boat for two or more oarsmen".

Is racing gig a common word?

racing gig is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.