dig- Translation
- ^ Smitherman, Geneva (2000), Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen Corner (revised ed.), Boston: Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 0-395-96919-0.
- ^ Random House Unabridged, 2001.
- ^ eg: OED, "dig", from ME vt diggen.
- Noun
- An archeological investigation.
- (US, colloquial, dated) A plodding and laborious student.
- A thrust; a poke.
- (Britain, dialect, dated) A tool for digging.
- Verb
- (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.
- (slang) To understand or show interest in.
- (slang) To appreciate, or like.
More - The municipal pension plan was deemed actuarially unsound.