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gig (3)
gig
[
gig
]
(
plural
gigs
)
noun
Definition:
1.
pronged spear:
a spear with a prong on one end used to catch fish or frogs
2.
arrangement of hooks used for fishing:
a system of hooks without barbs that is dragged through schools of fish in order to catch them
[
Early 18th century. Shortening of fishgig, probably < Spanish
fisga
"harpoon" after fish
]
gig
transitive and intransitive verb
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gig transitive and intransitive verb
