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hig

hig noun: a huff; a fit of passion, annoyance, or offense.

Noun (1)

hig

  1. (dialectal) A huff; a fit of passion, annoyance, or offense.
    • ... aw leep off, in a great hig, an sed,[…]1850, Tim Bobbin, Samuel Bamford, Dialect of South Lancashire: Or, Tim Bobbin's Tummus and Meary ; with His Rhymes and an Enlarged and Amended Glossary of Words and Phrases, Chiefly Used by the Rural...
    • She was iv a hig, 'cos Ah wadn't let[ ]her hev her new bonnit on.1889, John Nicholson (School principal), The Folk Speech of East Yorkshire, page 43

Noun (2) capitalized: HIG

HIG (plural HIGs or HIG)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of human interface guideline (especially for a graphical user interface).
    • The HIG delivers Apple's design commandments, the company's definition of what it means to be a good iPhone citizen.2010, Josh Clark, Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 99

Forms of hig

pluralHIGs
pluralHIG

Origin of hig

From or related to Old English hyġe.

Questions about hig

What does hig mean?
Hig means a huff; a fit of passion, annoyance, or offense.
What part of speech is hig?
Hig is a noun.
What is the plural of hig?
The plural of hig is HIGs.

Words near hig in the dictionary

  1. hiffed
  2. hiffing
  3. hiffs
  4. hifi
  5. hifu
  6. hig
  7. hig-taper
  8. Higa
  9. higab
  10. higabs
  11. Higaonon

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