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gold-dig

gold-dig verb: to cultivate or develop a personal relationship with (someone) in order to attain wealth.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To cultivate or develop a personal relationship with (someone) in order to attain wealth.
  2. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To behave as a gold digger.

Forms of gold-dig

third-person singular presentgold-digs
present participlegold-digging
past participlegold-dug
pastgold-dug

Origin of gold-dig

Back-formation from gold digger or gold-digging.

Questions about gold-dig

What does gold-dig mean?
Gold-dig means to cultivate or develop a personal relationship with (someone) in order to attain wealth.
What part of speech is gold-dig?
Gold-dig is a verb.
What is the past tense of gold-dig?
The past tense of gold-dig is gold-dug.

Words near gold-dig in the dictionary

  1. gold-copper ore
  2. gold-copper ores
  3. gold-crested wren
  4. gold-crested wrens
  5. gold-cups
  6. gold-dig
  7. gold-digger
  8. gold-diggers
  9. gold-digging
  10. gold-diggings
  11. gold-digs

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