digging
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈdɪɡɪŋ(ɡ)//
The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
noun
- 1
The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
- 2
A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained.
- 3
datedAccommodation; lodgings; digs.
- 4
archaicRegion; locality.
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
Also a form of digpresent participle and gerund of dig
Forms
- plural
- diggings
digestive · Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.digger · A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.Digger · A soldier from Australia or New Zealand.
digging · The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
digital · Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially,…digits · Synonym of telephone number; especially, the one that belongs…dignified · Having an attitude or bearing that connotes respectability…