| Gig 1. (n.) A fiddle. 2. (v. t.) To engender. 3. (n.) A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig. 4. (v. t.) To fish with a gig. 5. (n.) A playful or wanton girl; a giglot. 6. (n.) A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play. 7. (n.) A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise. 8. (n.) A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig. 9. (n.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth. Thesaurus Entries angle, appointment, bait the hook, berth, billet, bob, clam, dap, dib, dibble, drive, employment, engagement, fish, fly-fish, go fishing, grig, guddle, incumbency, jack, jacklight, jig, job, moonlighting, net, office, opening, place, position, post, second job, seine, service, shrimp, situation, spin, station, still-fish, tenure, torch, trawl, troll, vacancy, whale |