Gigging is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Gigging meaning
- gerund of gig (in various senses).
- The act of engaging in a musical performance, acting in a theatre production, etc.
Using Gigging
- The main meaning on this page is: gerund of gig (in various senses). | The act of engaging in a musical performance, acting in a theatre production, etc. | gerund of gig (in various senses).
- In the example corpus, gigging often appears in combinations such as: for gigging, gigging around, been gigging.
Context around Gigging
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gigging
- In this selection, "gigging" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, roger, steady, kept, musicians, regularly and world stand out and add context to how "gigging" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 300 for gigging musicians who and anderson was gigging again around. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gigging" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gigging
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All this time, Ranganathan kept on gigging. (7 words)
My brother’s been gigging out constantly since he was twelve years old. (13 words)
Au says she was inspired to start the series by her years as a gigging musician. (16 words)
Townshend approached the gigs with optimism; the rest of the band were just happy to be gigging again.sfn Eventually, the others complained to Townshend that the project was too complicated and they should simply record another album. (38 words)
Drummer Chad Taylor, bassist Jason Ajemian, and cellist Lester St. Louis (taking over from original cellist Tomeka Reid) deliver celebratory performances fueled by the empathy and confidence they developed during a couple years of steady gigging. (36 words)
A few weeks after the birth of her daughter in 1965, Joni Anderson was gigging again around Yorkville, beginning to sing more of her original material for the first time, written with her unique open tunings. (36 words)
Example sentences (15)
Yet another factor that likely led to gigging’s popularity at this time of year was the simple fact that there was more time available to go gigging.
All this time, Ranganathan kept on gigging.
Officer Ates issued the subject a notice to appear for gigging the red drum and a warning for the navigation lights violation.
We recommend the Rossette 300 for gigging musicians who are ready to take their acoustic game to the next level.
By the time he was a teenager, Read had teamed up with his older brother Tom and his father Roger gigging regularly and he went on to perform alongside well-known bands.
Since that Riviera show, Dirty Blanket has made Geneseo a regular stop in its gigging around the Finger Lakes.
The life of a studio musician, in the right market and with the right connections, can offer financial stability that can be hard find in the gigging world.
Au says she was inspired to start the series by her years as a gigging musician.
Drummer Chad Taylor, bassist Jason Ajemian, and cellist Lester St. Louis (taking over from original cellist Tomeka Reid) deliver celebratory performances fueled by the empathy and confidence they developed during a couple years of steady gigging.
Some seniors are gigging because they don’t have enough money for total retirement; others because they enjoy work; and still others are sought out by firms looking for specific experience and expertise.
My brother’s been gigging out constantly since he was twelve years old.
Since his graduation, the singer started his own band and has been gigging around, performing in weddings and such.
A few weeks after the birth of her daughter in 1965, Joni Anderson was gigging again around Yorkville, beginning to sing more of her original material for the first time, written with her unique open tunings.
She had kept gigging as a folk musician on weekends, playing at her college and at a local hotel.
Townshend approached the gigs with optimism; the rest of the band were just happy to be gigging again.sfn Eventually, the others complained to Townshend that the project was too complicated and they should simply record another album.
Common combinations with gigging
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: