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noun

plural of gig
as in performances
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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verb

present tense third-person singular of gig
as in buses

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Recent Examples of gigs
Noun
Jones was in awe of Charles, who at 16 had his own apartment, a girlfriend, and gigs. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026 Oasis played 17 gigs last year, beginning with Cardiff in July. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 July 2026 While future modeling gigs are up in the air, the brothers said that their priority is pursuing music. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 3 July 2026 The singer was just back from a tour in Australia, and was gearing up for gigs in Ibiza, London and Lisbon over the summer. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 28 June 2026 Her gigs with the Motel Swing Orchestra are celebratory affairs that exude charm, charisma and musical bonhomie. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2026 After cycling through erratic gigs—bus driver, garbage collector, violin maker—his carpentry skills landed him a job on an expedition vessel in Antarctica from 2006 to 2010. — Richard Morgan, Time, 29 June 2026 He wasn’t starved for work, landing gigs with Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Gucci and Banana Republic, among others, while appearing in the pages of most of the major fashion magazines and on the runways during the New York and Milan fashion weeks. — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 2 July 2026 Among Palmer's past successful hosting gigs are the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, a 2022 episode of Saturday Night Live, and the 2023 Soul Train Awards. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gigs
  1. performances
  2. coaches
  3. assignments
  4. rides
  5. engagements
  6. cruises
  7. works
  8. jets
Noun
  • Despite the hourslong delay due to approaching severe storms, audience members who returned to the venue do not appear to be deterred and are signing and dancing along to musical performances ahead of the president's address.
    — Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • Every twenty minutes cliff divers, costumed characters, and magicians put on performances and interact with diners.
    — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of performances
Verb
  • Ahead of the game against Bosnia-Herzegovina, PA Classics coaches Brittney Jakobson and Nick Jakobson took their children, Declan and Camden, to kick a ball at Pulisic’s former club.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • The camp is being led by Geordie Kinnear, who coaches the Charlotte Checkers, the Panthers’ AHL affiliate.
    — Ava DiCecca, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
Definition of coaches
Noun
  • Still, the members’ committee assignments make the trades politically sensitive.
    — Luke Fountain,Justin Papp, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • Lavon received about $518 in cryptocurrency for these assignments, according to the indictment, for a total of about $1,379.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Definition of assignments
Verb
  • As Argentina rides World Cup fever and dreams of beating Cape Verde in the round of 32 on Friday, a dog walker has added his pack to the local fanbase.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • The infrastructure layer always moves before the cultural layer does, and the people who notice the infrastructure first get to price the culture that rides on top of it.
    — Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 3 July 2026
Definition of rides
Noun
  • When William began dating Kate Middleton, now known as Princess Kate, their duo became a trio, with Harry accompanying the lovebirds to official engagements and glitzy ceremonies as the flame-haired third wheel.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • He is also expected to undertake engagements with patronages like WellChild and Scotty’s Little Soldiers.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 6 July 2026
Definition of engagements
Verb
  • Taking off from a base beside Harry Reid International Airport, the chopper cruises up the east side of The Strip — high above The Sphere — before looping around downtown Las Vegas and down Interstate-15 along the west side of The Strip.
    — Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • France cruises past Sweden, 3-0 France is through to the Round of 16 after blowing away Sweden, 3-0, with star man Kylian Mbappé scoring twice to ease passage to the next phase.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Definition of cruises
Noun
  • Yet despite several of these being substantial works by some of our most noted and venturesome composers, few bicentennial commissions have survived.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Today, over 100 works by artists like François Boucher, Giulio Carpioni, Henri Strésor, and Jacob Marrel are spread across the corridors, restaurants and bars visible to all visitors—the tried and tested, with a fresh twist.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
Definition of works
Verb
  • The President frequently jets down to his Palm Beach property on weekends.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
  • Instead of Paris this time, the film jets off to another fabulous destination besides New York — Milan — for a huge fashion expo where Lady Gaga gets to perform and even exchange swipes with Miranda.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of jets

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