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GIGS

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
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Super Big 1 pts

GIGS is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

GIGS root GIG-s

Word family

GIG 1 GIGGING-ging 5 GIGGED-ged 3
noun
  1. informalOriginally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer.
    • I caught one of the Rolling Stones’ first gigs in Richmond.
    • Hey, when are we gonna get that hotel gig again?
  2. broadlyinformalAny job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
    • I had this gig as a file clerk but it wasn’t my style so I left.
    • That guy’s got a great gig over at the bike shop. He hardly works all day.
  3. USinformalA demerit received for some infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
    • I received gigs for having buttons of my uniform undone.
  4. abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of gigabyte (“one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes”).
    • This picture is almost a gig; don’t you want to resize it?
    • My new computer has over 500 gigs of hard drive space.
  5. informalslangAny unit of measurement having the SI prefix giga-.
  6. informalobsoleteA top which is made to spin by tying a piece of string around it and then throwing it so that the string unwinds rapidly; a whipping-top.
  7. UKarchaicdialectalinformalA person with an odd appearance; also, a foolish person.
  8. UKarchaicdialectalinformalslangFun; frolics.
  9. informalobsoleteA fanciful impulse; a whim; also, a joke.
  10. informalA small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
  11. broadlyinformalA similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; specifically, a six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
  12. historicalinformalA two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.
  13. informalobsoleteA frivolous, playful, or wanton young woman; a giglet or giglot.
  14. informalSynonym of fishgig or fizgig (“a spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals”).
verb
  1. informaltransitiveTo play (a musical instrument) at a gig.
  2. USinformaltransitiveTo impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
    • His sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk.
  3. informalintransitiveTo engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.
    • The Rolling Stones were gigging around Richmond at the time.
  4. broadlyinformalintransitiveTo work at any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
  5. informaltransitiveTo make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of.
    • His older cousin was just gigging him about being in love with that girl from school.
  6. informalintransitiveSometimes followed by it: to ride in a gig (“a two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse”).
  7. informaltransitiveTo spear (fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig.
  8. informalintransitiveTo catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.