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digging around

digging around is the present participle and gerund of dig around.

Meaning of dig around

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To thoroughly search every part of an area or a container in hopes of finding something.

Questions about digging around

What is digging around the present participle and gerund of?
Digging around is the present participle and gerund of dig around.

Words near digging around in the dictionary

  1. diggeth
  2. diggety
  3. Diggin
  4. diggin'
  5. digging
  6. digging around
  7. digging bar
  8. digging bars
  9. digging deep
  10. digging down
  11. digging for victory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: digging around (page history and authors); dig around (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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