Gig Definition

Origin of Gig

• Perhaps from obsolete gig spinning top from Middle English gyg- possibly of Scandinavian origin

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Akin to Old Norse gigia (“fiddle”) and German Geige (“violin”).

  From Wiktionary

• Probably from Latin gignere (“to beget”).

  From Wiktionary

• A shortening of gigabyte.

  From Wiktionary

• Old English gigge.

  From Wiktionary

• Short for fishgig

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Origin unknown

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Origin unknown

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition