Cryptic crossword clue
Carriages for performances 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GIGS

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What does GIGS mean?

GIGS noun
  1. A performing engagement by a musical group; or, generally, any job or role, especially for a musician or performer.
  2. (by extension) Any job; especially one that is temporary; or alternately, one that is very desirable.
  3. A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals.
  4. A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.
  5. (South England) A six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
  6. An open boat used to transport the captain of a ship, the captain's gig.
  7. A demerit received for some infraction of military dress or deportment codes.
GIGS verb
  1. To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
  2. To engage in musical performances.
  3. To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
  4. To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.
GIGS noun
  1. Clipped form of gigabyte.
  2. Any unit having the SI prefix giga-
GIGS noun
  1. A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
GIGS verb
  1. To engender.

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