gigging

verb

present participle of gig
as in riding

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  1. riding
  2. cruising
  3. motoring
  4. coaching
  5. sailing
  6. migrating
  7. navigating
  8. busing
Verb
  • Kevitt lost his right leg in a 2013 hit-and-run collision in Griffith Park while riding his bicycle after the car sped off and dragged him down a freeway onramp.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • Madonna kicked off the show by riding on a buggy helmed by Brazilian soccer legends Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, emerging onto the field from the tunnel of the stadium.
    — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
Definition of riding
Verb
  • Travel Advisors, especially those focusing on cruising, are seeing more multigenerational travel on river cruises.
    — Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Colombian cyclist Einer Rubio was cruising his way through Stage 19 on Friday, climbing Alpe d'Huez, and riding behind one of the support vehicles.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of cruising
Verb
  • Mora picked the ball up on halfway and just kept on motoring forward, moving towards two runners on the right, eventually nudging the ball through for Jorge Sanchez, who bundled the ball across for Quinones to finish.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Some manufacturers are trying to mimic the ICE car experience, such as retro-fitting old school motoring noises and gear simulations to entertain understimulated EV drivers.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
Definition of motoring
Verb
  • Assistant head coach Chris Foerster is expected to assume some of Shanahan's head coaching duties in the meantime, according to the 49ers.
    — Tristan Maglunog, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • Shanahan, 46, will cede head coaching responsibilities to assistant coach and offensive line guru Chris Foerster, 64, as training camp begins, the team announced Saturday.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 25 July 2026
Definition of coaching
Verb
  • And Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has struck ships sailing close to the Omani coastline.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • Among them are hundreds of thousands of families sailing aboard three Disney cruise ships, all homeported there.
    — Jack Kennedy, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Definition of sailing
Verb
  • Humans migrating north towards Nicaragua from parts of South America brought avocado seeds and then planted the fruit in Central America’s humid lowlands.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 July 2026
  • The sand added for each of those projects has been generally migrating south.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of migrating
Verb
  • His insistence upon management quality applies even more to biotechnology executives navigating multi-year clinical development.
    — Steve Brozak, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • But this means navigating an industry-wide supply-chain crisis driven by AI demand for memory chips.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 21 July 2026
Definition of navigating
Verb
  • 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
Definition of busing
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