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gigSlang 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
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This surmise was confirmed, as presently,--over the brow of a distant undulation in the road, I descried a farmer's gig driven by another young woman. He was an authority on the stage, skilful on the ice or the links with skate or golf-club; he dressed with nice audacity, and, to put the finishing touch upon his glory, he kept a gig and a strong trotting-horse. A gig was coming along the road; it was driven by Mr. |
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