nig
nig noun: niggard. Also the clipping of nigga.
Noun (1)
nig (plural nigs)
Noun (2)
nig (plural nigs)
- A nigger.
- Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe,
He was de nig dat sarved me so,…1925, Dorothy Scarborough, assisted By Ola Lee Quiledge, On The Trail of Negro Folk-Songs-online book. A collection of negro folk songs with lyrics, sheet music & commentaries... - ‘When a few wild nigs come in he must ‘educate’ the most intelligent looking; they will come in handy.’1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 216
- Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe,
Verb
nig (third-person singular simple present nigs, present participle nigging, simple past and past participle nigged)
- To behave as a stereotypical black person.
Also used as
nig is also the clipping of nigga.
Examples of nig in a sentence
- He always thought one step ahead of the nigs.1959, Don Robertson, The three days:
- In a field near the house was a nigger working a poor old broken-down mule and another nigger sowing wheat.1961, Robert Hale Strong, A Yankee private's Civil War:
- What part did she play in your marrying a nig — a black man — nig, nig — Negro?1967, Frank Hercules, I want a black doll:
Forms of nig
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nigs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | nigs |
| present participle | nigging |
| past participle | nigged |
| past | nigged |
Origin of nig
From Middle English nig, probably of Scandinavian origin; see niggard. Unrelated to nigger.
Clipping of nigger. In the verb sense, a reinterpretation as if the word contained the suffix -er.
Words that rhyme with nig
Questions about nig
- What does nig mean?
- Nig means niggard.
- How do you use nig in a sentence?
- He always thought one step ahead of the nigs.
- What part of speech is nig?
- Nig can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of nig?
- The plural of nig is nigs.
Words near nig in the dictionary
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