as in performance
a job usually for a specified amount of time (as for a musician, an actor, etc.)
He was finally able to book a gig at the nightclub. her last acting gig
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Recent Examples of gig
Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2025
Waymo's autonomous cars apparently now have a side gig as neighborhood watch.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Rich Juzwiak, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The wouldn’t change until 1997 when Black Sabbath took part in the inaugural Ozzfest tour, and then proceeded to gig with Osbourne across the globe for the next couple of years.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2025
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Noun
These groups made demos to land gigs in bars and nightclubs around Tijuana.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2025
Waymo's autonomous cars apparently now have a side gig as neighborhood watch.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
Luckey, who sang and played keyboards, gigged around New York, and also formed a band named Q Lazzarus in the late ’80s in London.
—Rich Juzwiak, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The wouldn’t change until 1997 when Black Sabbath took part in the inaugural Ozzfest tour, and then proceeded to gig with Osbourne across the globe for the next couple of years.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gig
Noun
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But neither fazed rookie starter Hunter Dobbins, who turned in his second straight fine performance.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Gorgeously shot by cinematographers Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, In the Mood for Love also features career-defining performances by Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Maggie Cheung Man-yuk.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Some states said the move would threaten improvements to busing for homeless children.—
Hurubie Meko,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Less commonly acknowledged was the fact that, under Jim Crow, Black schoolchildren were bused all the time.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram Lillie Davidson is a general assignment reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and a TCU student studying journalism (Go Frogs!).—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Apr. 2025
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Among the ruins, the most important school assignment left is to live despite it all.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The starting price for the 3500 chassis cabs $49,285 including delivery charge, about $1,700 less than the 2024 model.—
Sam Abuelsamid,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Some fans walked away from the stadium to grab an Uber or cab back to their hotels.—
Bryan West,
USA TODAY,
25 May 2024
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Huge capital allocation has not created productivity gains, employment growth, or income opportunities for the Chinese population.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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The dual-mandate of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy, set by Congress, is to maximize employment while keeping prices stable, targeting a 2 percent rate of inflation.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Those motoring to work in a Rolls-Royce aren’t being left out, either.—
Susan Campos,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Mar. 2025
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The plot is motored by their deft, defiant mouths.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Alexander Langmuir, its founder, was the CDC’s chief epidemiologist and has often been called the father of shoe-leather epidemiology – on-the-ground, out-of-the-office disease investigation through extensive field work and engagement with affected populations.—
Casey Luc,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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And parenting is different from other stressors that most humans are subjected to: A big work project ultimately ends, but motherhood just keeps going.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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For all of the optimism generated this offseason, the team assembled by Schoen and coached by Brian Daboll went 3-14 last season.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Maureen Maher: And to the allegation from the Jason side of the family that they were coached by Molly?—
Maureen Maher,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Gig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gig. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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