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

  1. 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?"

  2. 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"

  3. Gig as a noun:

    A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals.

  4. Gig as a noun (historical):

    A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.

  5. Gig as a noun (South England):

    A six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

  6. 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."

  1. Gig as a verb:

    To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.

  2. Gig as a verb:

    To engage in musical performances.

    Examples:

    "The Stones were gigging around Richmond at the time"

  3. 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."

  4. 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."

  1. 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."

  2. Gig as a noun (slang):

    Any unit having the SI prefix giga-

  1. Gig as a noun:

    A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.

  1. Gig as a verb:

    To engender.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  1. Giglot as a noun (obsolete):

    A strumpet; a wanton girl.

  1. Giglot as an adjective (obsolete):

    giddy; inconstant; wanton

    Examples:

    "O giglot fortune!'' — Shakespeare."

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