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dig
noun- a punch, a blow UK
Extends the conventional sense of “poke”. - [W]e have to give the lad a few digs to make it look thingy, just mark him up a bit and that[.] — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 16, 2001
- a jibe, an insult, a taunt UK, 1849
- Peanut went dark but was afraid to start trading digs with Strike. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 203, 1992
- an Australian or New Zealand soldier of either world war AUSTRALIA, 1916
An abbreviation of DIGGER- How would you be, Dig? — Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker, p. 147, 1965
- — George Blaikie, Remember Smith’s Weekly?, p. 147, 1966
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 28, 1977
- a form of male address AUSTRALIA, 1916 A shortening of DIGGER
- an archaeological excavation, an archaeological expedition UK, 1896
- An American woman archaeolegist’s story of life on a “dig” in the Kurdish hills of Iraq. — LInda S. Braidwood, Digging Beyond the Tigris, 1953
- in cricket, an innings AUSTRALIA
- This simple recitation of Australian injuries up to, and not including, Australia’s second dig in the Third Test had a profound effect in Australia[.] — George Blaikie, Remember Smith’s Weekly?, p. 236, 1966
- an injection of a drug UK
- I sorted myself out with a dig then washed out my works[.] — Lanre Fehintola, Charlie Says..., p. 18, 2000
- in volleyball, contact with the ball below the waist US
- Primarily, the dig is used to recover a hard-driven spike or other offensive shot. Other uses of the dig are in net recovery situations. — Bonnie Robison, Sports Illustrated Volleyball, p. 94, 1972
- a fisherman’s stretch or “area” of water AUSTRALIA
- — Nino Culotta, Gone Fishin’, 1963
- a drag racing event US
- — John Edwards, Auto Dictionary, p. 44, 1993
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