plural gigs
: a job usually for a specified time
especially
: an entertainer's engagement see also gig economy, gig worker
gigged; gigging
: to work as a musician
… gigged with various bands …—
DownBeat
DownBeat1
: a pronged spear for catching fish
2
: an arrangement of hooks to be drawn through a school of fish in order to hook their bodies
gigged; gigging
: to fish with a gig
: a military demerit
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Raj Ananthanpillai, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Cab Calloway’s Cotton Club Orchestra was playing a gig for a white audience that night, and the crowd cheered when the news came.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 15 June 2026
Carlos formed the Santana Blues Band and started gigging around town—congas and timbales entered the mix via percussionists Michael Carabello (in 1967) and José Areas (in 1969), which helped set them apart in one of America’s great rock scenes.
—Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 10 May 2026
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Noun
Same-day or next-day access matters especially for gig and blue-collar work.
—Raj Ananthanpillai, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Cab Calloway’s Cotton Club Orchestra was playing a gig for a white audience that night, and the crowd cheered when the news came.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
Verb
Gill is, in fact, one of the few players in Nashville or anywhere else in the world who can confidently gig with the Eagles and the progressive bluegrass supergroup Boone Creek and the Western swing group the Time Jumpers.
—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 15 June 2026
Carlos formed the Santana Blues Band and started gigging around town—congas and timbales entered the mix via percussionists Michael Carabello (in 1967) and José Areas (in 1969), which helped set them apart in one of America’s great rock scenes.
—Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 10 May 2026
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“Gig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gig. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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