Custom Search   [ Correct English | Common Errors | Words Differentiation | Sample Letters | Glossary of Correct Usage | Common Sentences | Q & A ] [ English Compositions | Movie Reviews | High School Vocab | Advertisements ] Sponsored Links <<Prev Slang Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary English Conversation English Grammar American Idioms English Comprehension English Summary English News Business Idioms   Definition A musical performance; a party with a band. Example 1) Are you going to the Neil Young gig at the Knitting Factory on Friday night? Etymology Although its origins are unknown, 'gig' is an old term for a party, and was used by early jazz musicians to refer to a musical show. Definition A job, employment, work. Example 1) I'm starting a new gig working for ABC News on Monday. Etymology This use of 'gig' is borrowed from musicians, who used the term to describe a paid performance. Eventually, 'gig' came to refer to any kind of job.     24/7 Ace Afro Airhead All ears All-nighter An arm and a leg Ants in your pant Armpit At the end of your rope Average Joe Axe Backburner Back on your feet Back seat driver Back to the drawing board Bad mouth Baked Ballpark figure Basket case Behind bars Bender Big house Blow chunks Blow off steam Blow it B. O Boozehound Bounce Brewski Bump off Burnt out Bust digits Butts Buy the farm Catch some z's Chic Chick Chicken Chow Cold feet Couch potato Crash Creep Crib Croak Cut a deal Cut and dry Da bomb Dicey Dinasour Dis Ditch DOA Doctor D'oh Doormat Downer Drag queen Dressed to kill Dump Early bird Eat lead Eats Egghead Excess baggage Fall for Fam Fast food Fat cat Feed the meter Five o'clock shadow Fore Freak Fuzz Ghetto Blaster Gibberish Gig Glam Glued to your seat Go bananas Go off the deep end Goat Go postal Goody two-shoes Goner Grass Green Thumb Grub Gumshoe Guts Hang out Hard as nails Has-been Have a prayer Have a screw loose Have eyes for Haywire Head doctor High five High roller Hillbilly Hit the road Hit the spot Hog Hole in the wall Homey Hoodie Hoodlum Hooked Hottie Hung up on Hush hush Hype Icky Idiot box Iffy In a bind In a funk In someone's hair In the doghouse In the slammer Jane Doe Jerk Jock Jump ship Jumpy Junk food Kick your ass Klutz Knocked-up Know it all Knuckle sandwich Kooky La la land Love handles Low life Luck of the draw Lush Make out Mosey along Mp3 Mug Mystery meat Nailed Nerd No-brainer Not my cup of tea Nuke On cloud nine On the same wavelength One foot in the grave Out like a light Outta here Pack heat Pass out Peace out  Phat Pig out Pipe down Pitch in Pot Premed Psyched Pump iron Good sport Raise the roof Ride shotgun Road rage Roll out the red carpet Rookie Rug rat Run a fever Sad Score Screw up See ya Shoot hoops Sitting duck Snail mail Space cadet Spork Square Stool pigeon Stink to high heaven Street pizza Sugar daddy Sweet tooth Tag along  Threesome Throw the book at Ticker Tightie-whities The grapevine Too hot to handle Tripping Uncle Sam Up for grabs Up your sleeve Veg out Vent VIP Walking on eggshells Watered down Welch Wig out Wimp Wishy washy Wrong side of the tracks Wuss Yadda yadda yadda Yap Yawner Yellow Zillionaire Zone out Sponsored Links     American Slang English Proverbs English Exercises Common English mistakes Ancient Chinese stories Junior English essays High school English essays Lower Secondary English essays