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
Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The bold move presents the clingy and self-involved Ashley with a promotion and a bigger salary while the emo but opportunistic personal trainer Austin lands a gig at the country club’s health and wellness center.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 Jan. 2026
Workers at the highest risk of underpayments are those at restaurants, bars, strip clubs, cleaning services, retail outlets and gig app companies.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Outside of the daily setbacks of just trying to figure out what the next gig is or where the next money is coming from.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The bold move presents the clingy and self-involved Ashley with a promotion and a bigger salary while the emo but opportunistic personal trainer Austin lands a gig at the country club’s health and wellness center.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
The An Evening with David Letterman and Special Guest Zach Galifianakis gig during Just For Laughs Vancouver’s 10th season also gets Letterman back on the road.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 Jan. 2026
Workers at the highest risk of underpayments are those at restaurants, bars, strip clubs, cleaning services, retail outlets and gig app companies.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gig
Noun
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Outlook Lite was a lightweight alternative to Outlook designed to keep the app size small, improve performance on less powerful devices, and reduce battery usage.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
13 Apr. 2026
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Among her peers, Larsson is a traditionalist for her straightforward and sincere approach to live performance.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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People bus in from surrounding neighborhoods and towns.—
Alexis Marshall,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2026
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Under Cooper’s proposal, visitors would be bused from a parking lot in Bannockburn to the Highland Park Park District’s Heller Nature Center, which is immediately to the north of the former Jordan property.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The nurse said management is still tripling assignments in the ICU and that the hospital is pulling nurses from other units to cover the shortfall who are not trained to work in the ICU.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2026
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Players are responsible for organizing tables and groups; the Senior Center cannot arrange seating or table assignments.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The offices of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance had people of all ages on Wednesday night waiting for the end of the nightly Ramadan fast, from children sitting at tables doing math homework to cab drivers just getting off their shifts.—
Katherine Koretski,
CNN Money,
20 Mar. 2026
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The neighborhood/area The hotel’s stretch of A1A isn’t the most interesting so most guests opt to either keep to the property’s upscale amenities, cab it to South Beach (which is 15 minutes away), or go north to the chichi enclaves of Surfside and Bal Harbour for shopping and dining.—
Sara Liss,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This restructuring will result in changes to a number of employment areas within the district.—
Lacey Beasley,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Still, the upside of a pickup should outweigh the downside of small episode reductions as a full cast of actors, a room of writers and a crew would gain employment.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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With water temperatures in the low 60’s and only four hours left to fish, Bennett and Shad motored over to a new spot on the west end of the lake where the water was shallower.—
Kubie Brown,
Outdoor Life,
19 Mar. 2026
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Aberg was 5 under through his opening four holes and motored his way around the TPC Sawgrass with one amazing shot after another.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Barnes and Imam had been trading ideas with a scholar named Andrew Willard Jones, whose work focussed on the model of Christendom found in, say, High Middle Ages France, where society was organized around its relationship with the Church.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Sara Doody Mid-Century Lift-Top Coffee Table Apartment dwellers will love this space-saving coffee table with a convenient lift-top that doubles as a kitchen table and work desk.—
Ali Faccenda,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Anaheim Ducks are also back with a young core coached by three-time Cup champion Joel Quenneville.—
Stephen Whyno,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Davis said all five will get evaluated and coached, getting meaningful reps this spring and into the fall.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Gig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gig. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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