Boat vs. Gig
Boatnoun
A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
Gignoun
A performing engagement by a musical group; or, generally, any job or role, especially for a musician or performer.
‘I caught one of the Rolling Stones' first gigs in Richmond.’; ‘Hey, when are we gonna get that hotel gig again?’;
Boatnoun
(poker slang) A full house.
Gignoun
Any job; especially one that is temporary; or alternately, one that is very desirable.
‘I had this gig as a file clerk but it wasn't my style so I left.’; ‘Hey, that guy's got a great gig over at the bike shop. He hardly works all day’;
Boatnoun
A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
‘a stone boat;’; ‘a gravy boat’;
Gignoun
A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals.
Boatnoun
(chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
Gignoun
(historical) A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.
Boatnoun
The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
Gignoun
A six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Boatverb
(intransitive) To travel by boat.
Gignoun
(watercraft) An open boat used to transport the captain of a ship, the captain's gig.
Boatverb
(transitive) To transport in a boat.
‘to boat goods’;
Gignoun
A demerit received for some infraction of military dress or deportment codes.
‘I received gigs for having buttons undone.’;
Boatverb
(transitive) To place in a boat.
‘to boat oars’;
Gignoun
Clipped form of gigabyte.
‘This picture is almost a gig; don't you wanna resize it?’; ‘My new computer has over 500 gigs of hard drive space.’;
Boatnoun
A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
Gignoun
(slang) Any unit having the SI prefix giga-
Boatnoun
Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.
Gignoun
(obsolete) A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
Boatnoun
A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
Gigverb
To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
Boatverb
To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
Gigverb
To engage in musical performances.
‘The Stones were gigging around Richmond at the time’;
Boatverb
To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
Gigverb
To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
‘His older cousin was just gigging him about being in love with that girl from school.’;
Boatverb
To go or row in a boat.
‘I boated over, ran my craft aground.’;
Gigverb
To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.
‘His sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk.’;
Boatnoun
a small vessel for travel on water
Gigverb
To engender.
Boatnoun
a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce
Gignoun
A fiddle.
Boatverb
ride in a boat on water
Gignoun
A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
Boat
A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size, shape, cargo or passenger capacity, or its ability to carry boats. Small boats are typically found on inland waterways such as rivers and lakes, or in protected coastal areas.
Gignoun
A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
Gignoun
A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.
‘Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig.’;
Gignoun
A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
Gignoun
A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.
Gignoun
A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
Gignoun
A job for a specified, usually short period of time; - used especially for the temporary engagements of an entertainer, such as a jazz musician or a rock group; as, a one-week gig in Las Vegas.
Gigverb
To engender.
Gigverb
To fish with a gig.
Gignoun
long and light rowing boat; especially for racing
Gignoun
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
Gignoun
a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting
Gignoun
tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain
Gignoun
small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood
Gignoun
a booking for musicians;
‘they played a gig in New Jersey’;
