Digs

//dɪɡz// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of dig form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Lodgings; place of accommodation. colloquial, plural, plural-only

    "Corley at the first go-off was inclined to suspect it was something to do with Stephen being fired out of his digs for bringing in a bloody tart off the street."

  3. 3
    plural of DIG form-of, plural
  4. 4
    plural of dIG form-of, plural
  5. 5
    temporary living quarters wordnet
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  1. 6
    Clothes. colloquial, plural, plural-only

    "For example, when “army digs” are in, the Jocks wear them; when designer jeans are fashionable, those who can afford them wear them."

  2. 7
    an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of dig form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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abodeabodeaccommodationaccommodationsberthboarding house

Example

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"He digs untiring with his shovel, yet the hole is not deep enough, never deep enough."

Etymology

Clipping of diggings.

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