Meaning of Gigging | Babel Free

Definitions

1. gerund of gig (in various senses).
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2. The act of engaging in a musical performance, acting in a theatre production, etc.
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3. The practice of working at a job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
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4. The act of catching or fishing with a gig or fizgig.
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Examples

“A community of chimpanzees living on the edges of the savanna in Senegal has learned to fashion and use⟳ spears, which they sharpen with their teeth. These are chimps we've been observing for two hundred years; they never used spears. Now they've begun spiking little bush babies with them. The bush babies hide⟳ in hollow trees. The chimps do a sort⟳ of frog-gigging number⟳ on them and pull⟳ them out like⟳ fondue.”

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