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gig
verb- to work; to have a job US, 1939
- “They got into a jam with the locals last place they gigged, so you got to play it chilly.” — Herbert Simmons, Corner Boy, p. 54, 1957
- “There’s a lot of bread to be made gigging right around here in Roxbury,” Shorty explained to me. — Malcolm X and Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 45, 1964
- So like what, a cat with heart is gonna gig in some shoulder-pad factory? — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 144, 1975
- Some of us had even copped white girls and after we finished gigging we’d go in and let the white girls order then we’d eat out the same plate with them. — Babs Gonzales, Movin’ On Down De Line, p. 3, 1975
- He doesn’t gig in the store any more. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Doom Fox, p. 132, 1978
- of a musician or group of musicians, to play an engagement or a series of engagements UK, 1939
- Oh, he played good, I’m hip, but he never gigged a hundred towns, and worked a dozen bands, and been a bum[.] — John Clellon Holmes, The Horn, p. 85, 1958
- I hipped him to the club where she’d be gigging and tole him she’d be starting to work tomorrow night — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 161, 1973
- When we gigged in America we got a great response[.] — Croyden Guardian, 29 July 2004
- to go out to bars, clubs and/or parties US
- — Ebony Magazine, p. 156, August 2000: “How to talk to the new generation”
- to look or stare; to take a peek AUSTRALIA, 1959
- Jim was craning his neck out the window to try and see what everyone was trying to gig at. — Bluey, Bush Contractors, p. 372, 1975
- to tease AUSTRALIA
- Rufe was only gigging him for Chrissake, just for something to do. — Wilda Moxham, The Apprentice, p. 113, 1969
- in carnival usage, to win all of a player’s money in a single transaction US
- The step by step process of beating a player is considered a work of art and a good agent prides himself with this skill, therefore the practice of GIGGING is frowned upon by these professionals. — Gene Sorrows, All About Carnivals, p. 18, 1985
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