Definitions for digs

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digs dig

Spelling: [dig]

IPA: /dɪg/

Digs is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in digs (dgis).

Definitions for digs

noun

1. thrust; poke:
2. a cutting, sarcastic remark.
3. an archaeological site undergoing excavation.
4. digs, Informal. living quarters; lodgings.

Verb phrases

1. dig in, to dig trenches, as in order to defend a position in battle. to maintain one's opinion or position. to start eating.
2. dig into, Informal. to attack, work, or apply oneself voraciously, vigorously, or energetically:
3. dig out, to remove earth or debris from by digging. to hollow out by digging. to find by searching:
4. dig up, to discover in the course of digging. to locate; find:

verb (used with object)

1. to break up, turn over, or loosen (earth, sand, etc.), as with a shovel, spade, or bulldozer (often followed by up).
2. to form or excavate (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing material.
3. to unearth, obtain, or remove by digging (often followed by up or out).
4. to find or discover by effort or search.
5. to poke, thrust, or force (usually followed by in or into):
6. to understand:
7. to take notice of:
8. to like, love, or enjoy:

verb (used without object)

1. to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
2. to make one's way or work by or as by removing or turning over material:

Origin of digs

1275-1325; Middle English diggen, perhaps representing an OE derivative of dīc ditch; Middle French diguer to dig (Middle Dutch) is attested later and apparently not

Examples for digs

Mr. Scott digs up the poacher and cattle-stealers of the ancient Border.

From confessing his ‘kind of like’ for Boehner to digs at Elizabeth Warren, the 10 best bits.

A man in a pinstriped business suit approaches and digs into his pocket.

De Merode sits at a long table and digs into a plate piled with rice, beans, and avocado.

As a capper he digs up that envelop, to show her there needn't be any hitch in the program.

And over at my digs I had it attached to a phonograph by a little invention of my own.

He digs light out of the ground and glows up the world with her own sap.

His digs on Lake Como are a local tourist attraction for women who wish they were Alamuddin.

As the East Coast digs out from its latest snow dump, Californians can only look on enviously.

First she digs a hole, in which she places the egg and pushes it well down.