as in performance
a job usually for a specified amount of time (as for a musician, an actor, etc.)
He was finally able to book a gig at the nightclub. her last acting gig
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Recent Examples of gig
Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
Suit The trio — Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool — has come a long way since their early days as a 1980s punk band gigging in Berkeley.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 1 May 2025
Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
With its emphasis on competitiveness and staying on the edge of technological advancement, plus the perks, Intel was the place where graduates of top computer science schools, such as Caltech, dreamed of landing a gig.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
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Noun
It’s been years of songwriting, gigging and getting his music out there.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
Suit The trio — Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool — has come a long way since their early days as a 1980s punk band gigging in Berkeley.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 1 May 2025
Verb
The clip continues with Bad Bunny, who will headline the halftime show during the NFL championship game in February, noting his hosting gig this weekend.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
With its emphasis on competitiveness and staying on the edge of technological advancement, plus the perks, Intel was the place where graduates of top computer science schools, such as Caltech, dreamed of landing a gig.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gig
Noun
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Powerful performance and an excellent camera add value to this device, which has flagship-level features without the eye-watering price tag.—
Jade Chung-Lee,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
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Over the past year and a half, you’re seen so much success from your debut album, Coachella performance, your XOXO tour and then your Lollapalooza performance.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The historically Black area gained a sizable Venezuelan population after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bused tens of thousands of migrants from the border to the Democratic city in 2023.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Louisville's racial divide was made clear with busing Michael Hicks remembers seeing men in military green with rifles outside the bus ports, sometimes escorting students.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And thankfully, the singles from the capital of Colorado understood the assignment in the pods.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, safeties Jaden Hicks and Chamarri Conner have bounced back from a rough Week 1 to provide some backside oomph and physicality while doing a better job of keeping their assignments.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The starting price for the 3500 chassis cabs $49,285 including delivery charge, about $1,700 less than the 2024 model.—
Sam Abuelsamid,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Some fans walked away from the stadium to grab an Uber or cab back to their hotels.—
Bryan West,
USA TODAY,
25 May 2024
Noun
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On the flip side, Erling Haaland’s at Dortmund and Liam Delap’s at Ipswich are examples of release clauses set low in order to attract offers of new employment, which was clearly to the benefit of the two strikers, but not so good for their then employers.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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That phenomenon has been notably apparent with student employment at public universities.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The de facto captain oriented himself by motoring northwest along the coast towards Havana.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
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The suspect fled the scene, motoring his boat toward the Intracoastal Waterway.—
Chris Arnold,
NPR,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And now more employees are finding that talking about it at work can be, too.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Composure personified, underpinned by tremendous work rate.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The duo, neither of which was born when Napier first began coaching in 2003, took advantage of Texas’ top cornerback, Malik Muhammed, missing the game.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
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That wrinkle to the punt return game was a move by the coaching staff to put something else on staff for teams to prepare for.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Gig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gig. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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