{"id":3214,"date":"2013-12-12T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=3214"},"modified":"2014-08-06T11:56:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T15:56:56","slug":"the-many-meanings-of-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/the-many-meanings-of-gig\/","title":{"rendered":"The many meanings of \u201cgig\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you seen or heard the word gig used before? Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/audio.php?file=gig00001&amp;word=gig&amp;text=\\%CB%88gig\">here<\/a> to listen to how it pronounced.<\/p>\n<p>I use this word relatively frequently to talk about work, but there are a number of meanings for this word, not just about work, and I thought it would be interesting to look at all of those today.<\/p>\n<p>The most common way I use, and hear this word <em>gig<\/em> used, is to describe <em>a short-term job<\/em>. The word gig is most often used by entertainers (i.e. musicians and actors) to describe their work, as they often take jobs that only last a short time. Here is how to use the word gig with this definition.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<br \/>\nSorry I can\u2019t help you move this weekend, I have a <em>gig<\/em> I have to be at.<br \/>\nor<br \/>\n\u201cHow do you like your new job?\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a good<em> gig<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The word gig has a few other meanings as well, which you can see below.<\/p>\n<p>a) a pronged spear for catching fish<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0b) a type of horse drawn carriage that has 2 wheels<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">c) a slim, light-weigh boat that is used in rowing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here is how to use gig with these definitions.<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<br \/>\nA) The fisherman grabbed his <em>gig<\/em> and threw it into the water to spear the fish.<br \/>\nB) We went for a ride in the country in an old fashion <em>gig<\/em> drawn by horses.<br \/>\nC) The rowing team went out to practice in their new <em>gig<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, you can find \u2018gig\u2019 in a few other English words that have completely different meanings, for example:<\/p>\n<p><em>whirligig<\/em> \u2013 This is an object that spins or whirls around and looks like this:<\/p>\n<p><em>gigabyte<\/em> \u2013 This is a unit of computer memory that is equal to one billion bytes.<\/p>\n<p>Although \u2018gig\u2019 is not a common everyday word in English, it is one that comes up every once in a while, especially when talking about jobs. Hopefully you\u2019ll get the chance to use this word sometime soon, or maybe you\u2019ll now recognize it the next time you hear it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2013\/12\/horse-gig.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>Have you seen or heard the word gig used before? Click here to listen to how it pronounced. I use this word relatively frequently to talk about work, but there are a number of meanings for this word, not just about work, and I thought it would be interesting to look at all of those&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/the-many-meanings-of-gig\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":3218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[135139,1],"tags":[13451,304749,304750],"class_list":["post-3214","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-language","category-uncategorized","tag-gig","tag-gigabyte","tag-whirligig"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3214"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4328,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214\/revisions\/4328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}