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gold-dug

gold-dug is the simple past and past participle of gold-dig.

Meaning of gold-dig

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.

Questions about gold-dug

What is gold-dug the simple past and past participle of?
Gold-dug is the simple past and past participle of gold-dig.

Words near gold-dug in the dictionary

  1. gold-dredger
  2. gold-dredging
  3. gold-driver
  4. gold-dropper
  5. gold-droppers
  6. gold-dug
  7. gold-dust
  8. gold-dusty
  9. gold-fever
  10. gold-fevers
  11. gold-field

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gold-dug (page history and authors); gold-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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