Digging

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The action performed by a person or thing that digs. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of digging wordnet
  3. 3
    A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Accommodation; lodgings; digs. colloquial, countable, dated, uncountable
  5. 5
    Region; locality. archaic, colloquial, countable, in-plural, often, uncountable

    "This knock-down argument in favour of big mosquitoes used the Hoosier up, and the logician started on a new track, to explain how numerous bear were in his "diggins," where he represented them to be "about as plenty as blackberries, and a little plentifuler.”"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of dig form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms
deepeningdepressiondigexcavationexcavationfishing

Example

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"You are always digging at me about my clothes."

Related phrases

digging bardigging forkdigging stickgold digginggold-digginggum-digging

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