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digs

/dɪɡz/

digs is the plural of dig.

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

Noun (1)

digs pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial, plural, plural-only) Lodgings; place of accommodation.
    • Corley at the first go-off was inclined to suspect it was something to do with Stephen being fired out of his digs for bringing in a bloody tart off the street.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 16]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
    • Our new digs are at the corner of Market and Castro – a great and gay neighborhood that will be a pleasure to work in. The new office has room for four women to work comfortably, a tiny deck and back yard, and looks out on two trees.1993, “[Editor's note]”, in Feminist Bookstore News, volume 16, page 1
  2. (colloquial, plural, plural-only) Clothes.
    • For example, when “army digs” are in, the Jocks wear them; when designer jeans are fashionable, those who can afford them wear them.1992, R. Patrick Solomon, Black Resistance in High School: Forging a Separatist Culture, page 41
    • I donned my new digs and found a trash can in which to dump my stinky old clothes.2014, Stephanie Caffrey, Vegas Stripped, page 95

Meaning of dig

Noun

dig (plural digs)

  1. An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
    Synonyms:
    excavation
  2. Any act of digging to find or retrieve something.
    • Iron Springs offers a guided clam dig for first timers or those who are rusty at spotting the clam's show at low tide. It includes a license and all the equipment you'll need to catch your limit on Copalis Beach […]2014, Karen Gaudette Brewer, Seafood Lover's Pacific Northwest, page 128
  3. A thrust; a poke.
    • He guffawed and gave me a dig in the ribs after telling his latest joke.
    Synonyms:
    jab
  4. (archaic, slang) A hard blow, especially (boxing) a straight left-hander delivered under the opponent's guard.
    • […] 'let him go, I tell you, or I'll be after breaking your ugly mug,' and with that I gave him a dig that knocked him into smithereens.1836, The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblée, volume 7, page 167
  5. A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
  6. An innings.

See all 23 meanings of dig

Noun (2) capitalized: DIGs

DIGs

  1. (plural) plural of DIG

Noun (3) capitalized: dIGs

dIGs

  1. (plural) plural of dIG

Origin of digs

Clipping of diggings.

Phrases with digs

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Words that rhyme with digs

Questions about digs

What does digs mean?
Digs means lodgings; place of accommodation.
What is digs the plural of?
Digs is the plural of dig.
What part of speech is digs?
Digs is a noun.
How do you pronounce digs?
Digs is pronounced /dɪɡz/.

Words near digs in the dictionary

  1. digressive
  2. digressively
  3. digressiveness
  4. digressory
  5. diGriz
  6. digs
  7. digs around
  8. digs deep
  9. digs for victory
  10. digs in
  11. digs in one's heels

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: digs (page history and authors); DIGs (page history and authors); dIGs (page history and authors); 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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