Words / B2

GIG/ɡɪɡ/

A gig is a live performance by a musician or comedian: play a gig; a sold-out gig. Concert is a close twin, often larger; the gig economy is informal paid work by task. Name the gig in the arts review, then the venue. Mix-up: jig; gigabyte. Do not write gig for a full-time contract of employment unless the source means casual work.

Meaning

A live performance by a musician or comedian; also an informal paid job (the gig economy).

Examples

• “Name the gig in the arts review, then the venue, not a streaming slogan.”
• “A gig-economy shift still needs a contract source, which is the casual-work sense.”

Good to know

play / book a gig; a sold-out gig; the gig economy. Close: concert. Trap: jig / gigabyte. Arts, media, and economics. A live show, or casual paid work — specify.

Near in meaning

concert, performance, show

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