Meaning of Dig | Babel Free

Definitions

1. dwarf irregular galaxy
2. An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
3. Digoxin.
   colloquial, uncountable
4. A duck.
   obsolete
5. Initialism of dwarf irregular galaxy.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. A thrust; a poke.
7. A hard blow, especially (boxing) a straight left-hander delivered under the opponent's guard.
   archaic, slang
8. A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
9. An innings.
10. A cutting, sarcastic remark.
11. The occupation of digging for gold.
12. A plodding and laborious student.
    US, colloquial, dated
13. A tool for digging.
    UK, dated, dialectal
14. A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“He guffawed and gave me a dig in the ribs after telling his latest joke.”

“[…] 'let him go, I tell you, or I'll be after breaking your ugly mug,' and with that I gave him a dig that knocked him into smithereens.”

“Buckram ! that's a dig at my trade.”

“Why this already very fast train should be speeded up still further, when none of the other more easily timed S.R. West of England trains has a single minute pared from its schedule, is unexplained - unless this is a playful dig at the Western Region, most of whose expresses, by reason of additional stops, will be decelerated from the same date.”

“Entitled 'On Several Mistakes of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia', this document is broader, more theoretical and more rambling than the Polish equivalent, identifying deep problems in many spheres. But it does get in a few digs at Slánský, accusing him of having made mistakes in recruitment to the communist party.”

“Unfortunately, the man was too busy, although he said hello to the Young Man politely enough and found the time to make a few digs about the postponement of the elections.”

“In 'Sorted for E's and Whizz', Pulp's Jarvis Cocker wrote about losing an important part of his brain somewhere in a field in Hampshire, and took a dig at the rave scene for being hypocritical – idealistic and friendly when everyone was coming up on their pills, less so when everyone's coming down and you're trying to get a lift home – and essentially meaningless.”

“She could have made a dig about the size of his rockets.”

“Don Quixote told us that Western Australia was the same to him as any other country, except that it possessed the charm of novelty, and he assured us that as soon as he was well enough he would be off on the "dig" once more.”

“Between the two extremes of college men the unsocial dig and the flunking swell, lies the majority, who, acknowledging the duty and merit of hard work, see the value in social and recreative line, but are at somewhat of a loss, seemingly, how to proportionize the time given to the different sides of college life, or how far to allow themselves to go on the more attractive side.”

“a £1 charity shop dig”

“dig toxicity”

“Powltrey, &c, &c. Item ten turkeys … Item three Digs [an old Cheshire word for duck] and a Drake … Item ffower Capons … [The word's gloss has been inserted by Earwaker]”

“dig, or digg, s.—A duck. A gentleman introduced a man to an old lady in America as an inhaitant of Cheshire, her old county. "I'll soon see," said she, "if he is reet Cheshire born. Tell me," said she to the man, "what a dig, a snig, a grig, a peckled poot, and a peannot are?" B. Kennett in his Glossary of the British Museum, has the word "dig." "As fierce as a dig," is a Lancashire and probably a Cheshire proverb, and reminds one of the Cloucestershire name for a sheep, viz.: "A Cotswold lion."”

“Smith's farm was near to Parrs; new buildings had been built in the Hemp Croft. He carried coals in his cart by an inside chest, and had three hives of bees and several spinning wheels; his poultry comprised four hens, two diggs or ducks, and one drake. His total estate was £66. 10s.”

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