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gig

Slang for "gigabyte" or "gigabit." See GB.


gig1
1. a light two-wheeled one-horse carriage without a hood
2. Nautical a light tender for a vessel, often for the personal use of the captain
3. a long light rowing boat, used esp for racing
4. a machine for raising the nap of a fabric

gig2
1. a cluster of barbless hooks drawn through a shoal of fish to try to impale them
2. short for fishgig

gig Informal
1. a job, esp a single booking for jazz or pop musicians to play at a concert or club
2. the performance itself

gig - gigabyte


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