word-vault/dist/data/cards/gi/gig.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "gig",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a performance by musicians playing popular music or jazz in front of an audience; a similar performance by a comedian",
            "labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They're doing a gig in Boston tonight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an Arctic Monkeys gig"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He played with the band at a recent gig."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The guide lists live music events in the area, including pub gigs."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["live", "paid", "paying"],
                "verb + gig": ["do", "play", "get"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the gig"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a job, especially a temporary one",
            "sensetop": "gig as something",
            "labels": "(especially North American English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She landed her first gig on a kids' TV show."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a gig as a basketball coach",
                    "contextForm": "gig as something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["live", "paid", "paying"],
                "verb + gig": ["do", "play", "get"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the gig"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a unit of computer memory or data, equal to 109, or 1 0003, (= 1000000000) bytes",
            "labels": "(informal)(computing)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a unit of computer memory or data, equal to 230, or 1 0243, (= 1073741824) bytes",
            "labels": "(informal)(computing)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a small light carriage with two wheels, pulled by one horse",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡɪɡ/",
                "audio": "gi/gig/gig__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡɪɡ/",
                "audio": "gi/gig/gig__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "sense 4 late 18th cent.: apparently a transferred sense of obsolete gig ‘a flighty girl’, which was also applied to various objects or devices that whirled.senses 1 to 2 1920s: of unknown origin."
}