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61 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• gig n. Originally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television…
• gig n. (By extension) Any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
• gig n. (US, military) A demerit received for some infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
• gig v. (Transitive).
• gig v. (Intransitive).
• gig n. (Informal, computing) Clipping of gigabyte (“one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes”).
• gig n. (Slang, chiefly sciences) Any unit of measurement having the SI prefix giga-.
• gig n. (Obsolete) A top which is made to spin by tying a piece of string around it and then throwing it so…
• gig n. (Chiefly Britain, school slang (Eton College), archaic or dialectal) A person with an odd appearance;…
• gig n. Senses relating to enjoyment.
• gig n. Senses relating to vehicles.
• gig v. (Transitive) To make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of.
• gig v. (Intransitive) Sometimes followed by it: to ride in a gig (“a two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse”).
• gig n. (Obsolete) A frivolous, playful, or wanton young woman; a giglet or giglot.
• gig n. (Fishing) Synonym of fishgig or fizgig (“a spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish…
• gig v. (Transitive) To spear (Fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig.
• gig v. (Intransitive) To catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Sumerian
  • gig rom. Romanization of 𒍼 (gig).
• Welsh
  • gig n. Soft mutation of cig (“meat”).
• Zhuang
  • gig adv. Extremely; highly; very.
  • gig v. To provoke; to agitate.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• gig n. Lange, smalle roeiboot, waarin de roeiers meestal achter elkaar en niet naast elkaar zitten.
• gig n. Kleine open wagen met twee wielen getrokken door één paard.
• gig n. Optreden van jazz- of popmuzikanten.
• gig n. Gigabyte.
• gig n. (Visserij), (verouderd) speer met meer punten naast elkaar.

— English words, defined in French —

• gig n. (Jazz) Engagement occasionnel, généralement sans enjeu artistique.
• gig n. (Par extension) Tout petit boulot.
• gig n. (Automobile) Gig, cabriolet.
• gig n. (États-Unis) (Militaire) Réprimande.
• gig n. (Pays de Galles) (Navigation) (Marine) Gigue, chaloupe.
• gig v. (Pêche) Pêcher sur une petite chaloupe.
• gig v. (Jazz) Jouer de la musique.
• gig v. Se moquer, plaisanter.
• gig n. (Métrologie) (Informatique) (Familier) Gigaoctet.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• gig s. Actuación informal de musicos.
• gig s. Cualquier trabajo.
• gig s. Carreta.
• gig s. Carruaje, calesa.
• gig s. Anzuelo, gancho] para pescar.
• gig s. Arpón para pescar.
• gig s. Milicia. Demérito.
• gig v. Tocar musica.
• gig v. Pescar.
• gig v. Demeritar.
• gig s. Gigabyte.
• gig s. Cualquier unidad con prefijo giga-.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• gig s. Calesse.
• gig s. (Gergale) esibizione.

— In German —

• Gig S. Musiker: musikalischer Auftritt, ein Konzert vor Publikum gegen Bezahlung.
• Gig S. Seemannssprache: leichtes, schnelles Ruderboot, das als Beiboot…
• Gig S. Rudersport: Boot, das vorwiegend für Übungs- und Trainingszwecke…
• Gig S. Veraltet: leichter, zweirädriger, einspänniger Gabelwagen.

— In Dutch —

• gig n. Lange, smalle roeiboot, waarin de roeiers alleen achter elkaar…
• gig n. (Historisch) kleine open wagen met twee wielen getrokken door één paard.
• gig n. Optreden van jazz- of popmuzikanten.
• gig n. Gigabyte.
• gig n. Gigabit per seconde.

— In French —

• gig n.m. Sorte de cabriolet.
• gig n.m. Barque légère utilisée pour le canotage.
• GIG n.f. (Construction) Abréviation de gestion immotique globale.

131 English words from 21 English definitions

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46 English words from 40 foreign definitions

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1 foreign word from 21 English definitions

giga

92 foreign words from 40 foreign definitions

Abréviation achter Actuación alleen Anzuelo Arpón artistique Auftritt Beiboot Bezahlung boulot Calesse canotage Carruaje chaloupe Cualquier de␣la Demeritar Demérito één ein elkaar enjeu esibizione États États-Unis Familier für Galles gancho gegen généralement Gergale giga Gigaoctet globale Historisch immotique Informatique Jouer kleine Konzert légère leichter leichtes meestal Métrologie Milicia Militaire moquer musica musicos musikalischer Musiker naast niet occasionnel Optreden paard Par␣extension Pays␣de␣Galles Pêche Pêcher pescar petit␣boulot plaisanter prefijo Publikum punten Réprimande roeiboot roeiers Ruderboot Rudersport schnelles Seemannssprache Se␣moquer sur Tocar trabajo une unidad utilisée Veraltet verouderd Visserij vorwiegend waarin wagen wielen zitten zweirädriger

319 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

giga- Gigi GIGN GIGO gigs Giger Giggs gigot gigue gigamp gigaop gigbag gig␣bag Gigers gigful gigged gigger gigget giggit giggle giggly giggot Giggsy giglet giglot gigman gigmen gigohm gigolo gigots gigues gigunu gigaamp giga-amp gigabel gigabit gigaboo gigamps Gigante giganto Giganto giganto- gigaohm giga-ohm gigaops gigarad gigaton gigbags gig␣bags gigeria +269 words

60 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Hagiga chagiga fisgigs fizgigs fiz-gigs hagigah Hagigas tub-gigs begigged chagigah chagigas fishgigs fish␣gigs fissgigs fizzgigs hagigahs logigram whizgigs chagigahs fizgigged whirlgigs whizzgigs fizgigging fiz-gigging flirtigigs mogigraphy subgigabit twirligigs ungigantic whirligigs whirlygigs mogigraphia pig-ignorant raising␣gigs subgigabyte church␣giggle hit␣and␣giggle multigigabit sheela-na-gigs subgigahertz sub-gigahertz whirlimagigs church␣giggles hemigigantism multigigabyte phalangigrade supergigantic giggity-giggity local␣gigantism multigigabytes +10 words

18 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

fisgig fizgig fiz-gig tub-gig fishgig fish␣gig fissgig fizzgig whizgig whirlgig whizzgig flirtigig twirligig whirligig whirlygig raising␣gig sheela-na-gig whirlimagig

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

gig

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

igg IgG

27 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

bigg Eigg Figg GGEI giga- Gigi GIGN GIGO gigs ging Ging grig iggs IgGs iggy Iggy igtg IGTG pigg Pigg pIgG PIgG Rigg Sigg UIgG wigg Wigg

10 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

gg Gg GG gi GI G.I. G.␣I. ig Ig IG

75 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AiG AIG big BIG cig dig dIG DIG fig Fig fig. gag GAG GBG geg Geg GGG GHG Gia gib GiB Gib. gid GID gif Gif GIF Gil GIL gim Gim gin Gin Gio gip GIP gis GIs GIS gi's git giz GMG gog Gog GRG gsg GSG gtg GTG GWG jig lig lig. Mig MiG MIG nig OIG pig pIg Pig PIG rig sig Sig SIG tig TIG vig Vig wig WIG YIG zig

10 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

gg Gg GG gi GI G.I. G.␣I. ig Ig IG

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

ging Ging grig

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