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cratedig

cratedig is the alternative form 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

Forms of cratedig

third-person singular presentcratedigs
present participlecratedigging
past participlecratedug
pastcratedug

Questions about cratedig

What is cratedig the alternative form of?
Cratedig is the alternative form of crate-dig.

Words near cratedig in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cratedig (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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