gigged

Performed live music

Gigged is the past tense of gig in its various senses.

A musician who gigged played a live performance: We gigged at small clubs for years before getting signed.

A fisherman who gigged speared fish with a pronged implement.

In the gig economy, someone who gigged worked freelance or short-term jobs: She gigged as a rideshare driver between acting auditions.

fishing

spearfishing

Aquatic hunting with sharp poles

  • prongPointed projecting part
  • flounderStruggle awkwardly, or seafood
  • wadingTraversing shallow water on foot

shallows · lantern · nighttime · pike · eel · boat · catch · wade · spotlight · tines

performance

stage

Raised performance platform

encore · setlist · soundcheck · amplifiers · microphones · speakers · backstage · lights · crowd · bandstand

freelance

contract

Enforceable written agreement

1099 · consulting · independent · project-based · flexible · remote · self-employed · hustling · portfolio · invoicing

Opposites
performance activity

giggedrested

Having recovered energy

sat out · took a break · retired · went dark · rehearsed

recording vs live

giggedrecorded

Captured for posterity

taped · produced · mastered

catching method

giggedreleased

Set free from confinement

freed · threw back · let go · missed · spared

Family

giggly, gigging, giggliest

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G