GIG
\ɡˈɪɡ], \ɡˈɪɡ], \ɡ_ˈɪ_ɡ]\
Definitions of GIG
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
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small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood
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tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain
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long and light rowing boat; especially for racing
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a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting
By Princeton University
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an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
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small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood
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tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain
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long and light rowing boat; especially for racing
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a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To engender.
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A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
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To fish with a gig.
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A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
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A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.
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A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
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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.
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A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
By Oddity Software
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To engender.
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A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
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To fish with a gig.
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A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
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A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.
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A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
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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.
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A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A light, two wheeled, one-horse vehicle.
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A ship's boat.
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A pronged fish-spear; a set of hooks for catching fish by dragging.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Italian, Spanish, French] A top or whirligig;—a light carriage with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse;—a ship's wherry, or long, light boat, designed for rapid motion;—a playful or wanton person;—a rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth, for teazling woollen cloth;—a dart or harpoon.