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crate-digs

crate-digs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of crate-dig.

Meaning of crate-dig

Verb

crate-dig (third-person singular simple present crate-digs, present participle crate-digging, simple past and past participle crate-dug)

  1. (ambitransitive, slang) To shop for vintage, rare, or otherwise obscure recordings, especially by looking through crates containing secondhand merchandise.
    • Earlier this year, German crate-digging label Analog Africa released a retrospective of Mayorga’s more exploratory electronic works, while a new album of original compositions titled Cumbia Pishcodélica is slated for release in the coming months via Musicoteca Ecuador.2023 February 10, Richard Villegas, “Three Latin American Music Legends Protecting the Past To Secure the Future”, in Rolling Stone

Questions about crate-digs

What is crate-digs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Crate-digs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of crate-dig.

Words near crate-digs in the dictionary

  1. crate shy of a load
  2. crate-dig
  3. crate-digger
  4. crate-diggers
  5. crate-digging
  6. crate-digs
  7. crate-dug
  8. crated
  9. cratedig
  10. cratedigger
  11. cratediggers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crate-digs (page history and authors); crate-dig (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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