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/ɡɪɡ/ · noun
Originally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer..
I caught one of the Rolling Stones’ first gigs in Richmond.
Hey, when are we gonna get that hotel gig again?
I had this gig as a file clerk but it wasn’t my style so I left.
That guy’s got a great gig over at the bike shop. He hardly works all day.
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In recent decades, "gig" has become just a hip term for any temporary job or stint, with the implication you're not particularly invested in it. I think of the barista or bookstore clerk who responds to my questions with a look that says, "Hey, man, it's a gig. I don't really DO this?" That tone of insouciance has made "the gig economy" the predominant name for what's being touted as the industrial revolution of our times.
I received gigs for having buttons of my uniform undone.
His sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk.
Use gig when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gig means Originally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer..
Common synonyms include fizgig, fishgig, spear, lance.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I caught one of the Rolling Stones’ first gigs in Richmond.
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