You can make 3 words from gig according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of gig
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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word gig. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in gig.
Definitions and meaning of gig
gig
Etymology 1
The etymology of the noun is unknown, but compare Old Frenchgigue(“a fiddle”). The verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: gĭg, IPA(key): /ɡɪɡ/
Rhymes: -ɪɡ
Noun
gig (pluralgigs)(informal)
Originally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer.
(by extension) Any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
(US, military) A demerit received for some infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
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Verb
gig (third-person singular simple presentgigs, present participlegigging, simple past and past participlegigged)(informal)
(transitive)
(music) To play (a musical instrument) at a gig.
(US, military) To impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
(intransitive)
(film, music, television, theater) To engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.
(by extension) To work at any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
Derived terms
gigging(noun)
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Etymology 2
Sense 1 is a clipping of gigabyte, while sense 2 is a clipping of giga-(prefix multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one billion).
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: gĭg, jĭg, IPA(key): /ɡɪɡ/, /d͡ʒɪɡ/
(one pronunciation)
Homophone: jig(one pronunciation)
Rhymes: -ɪɡ
Noun
gig (pluralgigorgigs)
(informal, computing)Clipping of gigabyte(“one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes”).
(slang, chiefly sciences) Any unit of measurement having the SI prefix giga-.
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Etymology 3
The noun is derived from Middle Englishgigg, gigge, gygge(“spinning object; a top”); further origin uncertain, possibly:
from Old Norse [Term?] (compare Danishgig(“a top”), dialectal Norwegiangiga(“to shake about”)), from Proto-Germanic*gīganą(“to move, wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European*gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ-(“to yawn, gape, long for, desire”); or
ultimately onomatopoeic.
Senses 2–4 are thought to derive from sense 1 (“whipping-top”), but their exact relationship is unclear.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: gĭg, IPA(key): /ɡɪɡ/
Rhymes: -ɪɡ
Noun
gig (pluralgigs)
(obsolete) A top which is made to spin by tying a piece of string around it and then throwing it so that the string unwinds rapidly; a whipping-top.
(chiefly British, school slang (Eton College), archaic or dialectal) A person with an odd appearance; also, a foolish person.
Senses relating to enjoyment.
(slang, archaic or British, dialectal) Fun; frolics.
(obsolete) A fanciful impulse; a whim; also, a joke.
Senses relating to vehicles.
(nautical)
A small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
(Southern England, by extension) A similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; specifically, a six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
(road transport, historical) A two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.
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Verb
gig (third-person singular simple presentgigs, present participlegigging, simple past and past participlegigged)
(transitive) To make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of.
(intransitive)Sometimes followed byit: to ride in a gig(“a two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse”).
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Etymology 4
From Middle Englishgig, gigge, gegge, possibly either:
from Old Frenchgigue(“tall, skinny girl”) (modern Frenchgigue), from Old Norsegikkr(“pert person”) (related to Danishgjæk(“fool, jester”), Swedishgäck(“fool, jester; a wag”); see also geck); or
from Middle Englishgigg, gigge, gygge(“spinning object; a top”) (see etymology 3).
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: gĭg, IPA(key): /ɡɪɡ/
Rhymes: -ɪɡ
Noun
gig (pluralgigs)
(obsolete) A frivolous, playful, or wanton young woman; a giglet or giglot.
Synonym:fizgig
Etymology 5
The noun is derived from a clipping of fishgig, fizgig, possibly from Spanishfisga(“harpoon”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: gĭg, IPA(key): /ɡɪɡ/
Rhymes: -ɪɡ
Noun
gig (pluralgigs)
(fishing)Synonym of fishgig or fizgig(“a spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals”).
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Verb
gig (third-person singular simple presentgigs, present participlegigging, simple past and past participlegigged)(fishing)
(transitive) To spear (fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig.
(intransitive) To catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.
Derived terms
gigger
gigging(noun)
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References
Further reading
gigabyte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
gig (boat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
gig (carriage) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
gig worker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
gig (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“gig”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.