Antonyms for gig


Grammar : Noun
Spell : gig
Phonetic Transcription : gɪg


Definition of gig

Origin :
  • "light carriage, small boat," 1790, perhaps, on notion of bouncing, from Middle English ghyg "spinning top" (in whyrlegyg, mid-15c.), also "giddy girl" (early 13c., also giglet), from Old Norse geiga "turn sideways," or Danish gig "spinning top."
  • noun show
Example sentences :
  • No man in a gig could see, or feel, or think, like merry users of their legs.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • She climbed in a helpless way into the gig, and sat waiting for her husband.
  • Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
  • Doctor Dalichamp had clambered into his gig and was calling to Maurice.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • The doctor gaily got into his gig and exclaimed: 'All right, my dear, I will attend to your cow.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • The gig had just reached the rising ground on which the church was built.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • On putting up, he had seen Csar's gig tipped up in the stable-yard.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • At the crest of the hill he sighted the gig in front, and at Port Lady he came up with it.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • The mare was harnessed to the gig, and they got up together.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • A man in a gig came driving a long-horned cow in front of him.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • The gig was soon sent alongside, and we were speedily on board.
  • Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

Synonyms for gig

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