The difference between Gig and Giglot
When used as nouns, gig means a performing engagement by a musical group, whereas giglot means a strumpet.
Gig is also verb with the meaning: to fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
Giglot is also adjective with the meaning: giddy.
check bellow for the other definitions of Gig and Giglot
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Gig as a noun (informal, music):
A performing engagement by a musical group; or, generally, any job or role, especially for a musician or performer.
Examples:
"I caught one of the Rolling Stones' first gigs in Richmond''."
"Hey, when are we gonna get that hotel gig again?"
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Gig as a noun (informal, by extension):
Any job; especially one that is temporary; or alternately, one that is very desirable.
Examples:
"I had this gig as a file clerk but it wasn't my style so I left''."
"Hey, that guy's got a great gig over at the bike shop. He hardly works all day"
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Gig as a noun:
A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals.
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Gig as a noun (historical):
A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.
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Gig as a noun (South England):
A six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
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Gig as a noun (US, military):
A demerit received for some infraction of military dress or deportment codes.
Examples:
"I received gigs for having buttons undone."
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Gig as a verb:
To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
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Gig as a verb:
To engage in musical performances.
Examples:
"The Stones were gigging around Richmond at the time"
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Gig as a verb:
To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
Examples:
"His older cousin was just gigging him about being in love with that girl from school."
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Gig as a verb (US, military):
To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.
Examples:
"His sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk."
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Gig as a noun (colloquial, computing):
A gigabyte.
Examples:
"This picture is almost a gig; don't you wanna resize it?"
"How much music does it hold?'' ''A hundred and twenty gigs."
"lb computing - ''My new computer has over 500 gigs of hard drive space."
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Gig as a noun (slang):
Any unit having the SI prefix giga-
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Gig as a noun:
A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
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Gig as a verb:
To engender.
Examples:
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Giglot as a noun (obsolete):
A strumpet; a wanton girl.
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Giglot as an adjective (obsolete):
giddy; inconstant; wanton
Examples:
"O giglot fortune!'' — Shakespeare."