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crate-dug

crate-dug is the simple past and past participle 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-dug

What is crate-dug the simple past and past participle of?
Crate-dug is the simple past and past participle of crate-dig.

Words near crate-dug in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crate-dug (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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