- a performance by musicians playing popular music or jazz in front of an audience; a similar performance by a comedian
- They're doing a gig in Boston tonight.
- an Arctic Monkeys gig
Collocations MusicMusicListening- listen to/enjoy/love/be into music/classical music/jazz/pop/hip-hop, etc.
- listen to the radio/an MP3 player/a CD
- put on/play a CD/a song/some music
- turn down/up the music/radio/volume/bass
- go to a concert/festival/gig/performance/recital
- copy/burn/rip music/a CD/a DVD
- download/stream music/an album/a song/a video/a playlist
- play a musical instrument/the piano/percussion/a note/a riff/the melody/a concerto/a duet/by ear
- sing an anthem/a ballad/a solo/an aria/the blues/in a choir/soprano/alto/tenor/bass/out of tune
- hum a tune/a theme tune/a lullaby
- accompany a singer/choir
- strum a chord/guitar
- form/start/get together/join/quit/leave a band
- give a performance/concert/recital
- do a concert/recital/gig
- play a concert/gig/festival/venue
- perform (British English) at/in a concert/(especially North American English) a concert
- appear at a festival/live
- go on/embark on a (world) tour
- write/compose music/a ballad/a melody/a tune/a song/a theme song/an opera/a symphony
- land/get/sign a record deal
- be signed to/be dropped by a record company
- record/release/put out an album/a single/a CD
- be top of/top the charts
- get to/go straight to/go straight in at/enter the charts at number one
Extra ExamplesTopics Musicb2- He played with the band at a recent gig.
- The guide lists live music events in the area, including pub gigs.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- live
- paid
- paying
- …
- do
- play
- get
- …
- at a/the gig
- (especially North American English, informal) a job, especially a temporary one
- She landed her first gig on a kids' TV show.
- gig as something a gig as a basketball coach
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- live
- paid
- paying
- …
- do
- play
- get
- …
- at a/the gig
- (informal) (also gigabyte)(abbreviation GB)(computing) a unit of computer memory or data, equal to 109, or 1 0003, (= 1000000000) bytes
- (informal) (also gigabyte, gibibyte)(abbreviation GB)(computing) a unit of computer memory or data, equal to 230, or 1 0243, (= 1073741824) bytes
- a small light carriage with two wheels, pulled by one horse
Word Originsense 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.
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