giga
giga Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Extremely large, intense, or supreme in scale or degree (used informally and in internet slang).
"The developer announced a giga update that will overhaul the entire game world."
• noun
A lively Baroque dance and musical movement of Italian origin in triple or compound time, corresponding to the French gigue or English jig.
"The harpsichordist concluded the Baroque suite with a brisk, energetic giga."
A medieval bowed stringed musical instrument that served as an early precursor to the modern violin.
"The museum exhibit featured a reconstructed twelfth-century giga carved from a single block of wood."
• Rhymes for giga
Word Origin & Etymology
The historical musical and dance sense comes from Italian giga, related to Old French gigue ('fiddle' or 'jig'). The modern scientific and slang sense derives from the metric prefix giga-, ultimately from Ancient Greek gigas ('giant').
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