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Definition dig
Etymology 1
From Middle English diggen (“to dig”), alteration of Old English d?cian (“to dig a ditch, to mound up earth”) (compare Old English d?cere (“digger”)) from d?c, d?? (“dike, ditch”) from Proto-Germanic *d?kaz, *d?kij? (“pool, puddle”), from Proto-Indo-European *d??g?-, *d?eyg?- (“to stab, dig”). Additionally, Middle English diggen may derive from an unrecorded suffixed variant, *d?cgian. Akin to Danish dige (“to dig, raise a dike”), Swedish dika (“to dig ditches”). Related to Middle French diguer (“to dig”), from Old French dikier, itself a borrowing of the same Germanic root (from Middle Dutch dijc). More at ditch, dike.
Verb
dig (third-person singular simple present digs, present participle digging, simple past and past participle dug)
- (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
- (transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
- (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- (US, slang, dated) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
- (figuratively) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
- To thrust; to poke.
- (volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
Noun
dig (plural digs)
- An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
- (US, colloquial, dated) A plodding and laborious student.
- A thrust; a poke.
- (Britain, dialectal, dated) A tool for digging.
- (volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
Etymology 2
From African American Vernacular English; due to lack of writing of slave speech, etymology is difficult to trace, but it has been suggested that it is from Wolof dëgg, dëgga (“to understand, to appreciate”). It has also been suggested that it is from Irish dtuig. Others do not propose a distinct etymology, instead considering this a semantic shift of the existing English term (compare dig in/dig into).
Verb
dig (third-person singular simple present digs, present participle digging, simple past and past participle dug)
- (slang) To understand or show interest in.
- (slang) To appreciate, or like.
Etymology 3
Shortening.
Noun
dig (uncountable)
- (medicine, colloquial) Digoxin.
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