Definitions For Dig

noun

  • Temporary living quarters
  • An excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology
  • The act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
  • The act of digging
  • A small gouge (as in the cover of a book)
  • An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
  • The site of an archeological exploration
  • A push with a body part (such as your elbow) : a poke or thrust
  • A criticism or insult that is directed toward a particular person or group
  • A place where scientists try to find buried objects by digging ; also : the act of digging for buried objects

verb

  • Get the meaning of something
  • Poke or thrust abruptly
  • Turn up, loosen, or remove earth
  • Remove the inner part or the core of
  • Create by digging
  • Thrust down or into
  • Remove, harvest, or recover by digging
  • Work hard
  • To move soil, sand, snow, etc., in order to create a hole
  • To form (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing soil, sand, snow, etc.
  • To uncover (something that is underground) by moving earth, soil, sand, etc.

Is Digs a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
6
Words with Friends
7

The word Dig is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Dig in a Sentence

  • Some animal has been digging in the garden.
  • They dug into the sand with their hands.
  • He dug down about 10 feet before he hit water.
  • She gave me a dig in the ribs to get my attention.
  • She participated in a dig last summer.

Synonyms for Dig

Antonyms for Digs

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