Definition of gig

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Gig (n.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth..

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Whirlwig :: Whirlwig (n.) A whirligig.
Whirligig :: Whirligig (n.) Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses..
Bandicoot :: Bandicoot (n.) A species of very large rat (Mus giganteus), found in India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens..
Lancewood :: Lancewood (n.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae)..
Fizgig :: Fizgig (n.) A fishgig.
Giggot :: Giggot (n.) A small piece of flesh; a slice.
Puffball :: Puffball (n.) A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin..
Gigget :: Gigget (n.) Same as Gigot.
Giggle :: Giggle (n.) A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh..
Gig :: Gig (n.) A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
Fizgig :: Fizgig (n.) A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes..
Nototherium :: Nototherium (n.) An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia..
Gigantine :: Gigantine (a.) Gigantic.
Eozoon :: Eozoon (n.) A peculiar structure found in the Archaean limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider it a concretion, without organic structure..
Jewfish :: "Jewfish (n.) A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis gigas) of Southern California, valued as a food fish..
Giglot :: Giglot (n.) Alt. of Gigle.
Apteryx :: Apteryx (n.) A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known..
Gigantology :: Gigantology (n.) An account or description of giants.
Limpkin :: Limpkin (n.) Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (A. giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (A. scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and crying bird..
Fulmar :: Fulmar (n.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family procellariidae, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel, malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea)..
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