Definition of gig

• n. - A fiddle.
• v. t. - To engender.
• n. - A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
• v. t. - To fish with a gig.
• n. - A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
• n. - A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.
• n. - A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
• n. - A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.
• n. - A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.