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thigging

thigging is the present participle and gerund of thig.

Meaning of thig

Verb

thig (third-person singular simple present thigs, present participle thigging, simple past and past participle thigged)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
    • This is not second clothing. This cloth is not thigged.1800, Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica
  2. (Scotland, ambitransitive) To beg, borrow; cadge.
  3. (Scotland, intransitive, obsolete) To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
  4. (Scotland, intransitive, obsolete) To take alms.
  5. (Scotland, obsolete, transitive) To beseech; supplicate; implore.
  6. (Scotland, ambitransitive) To crave; seek (a favour).
    • "I'll go and the thigged wool demand
      From the good ladies of the land. […]"1912, Duncan Macintyre, George Calder, Gaelic songs of Duncan MacIntyre, page 227

Noun

thigging (countable and uncountable, plural thiggings)

  1. (Scotland) Begging.

Forms of thigging

pluralthiggings

Origin of thigging

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From Middle English thyggynge (“ingestion, consumption; begging”), equivalent to thig + -ing.

Questions about thigging

What does thigging mean?
Thigging means begging.
What is thigging the present participle and gerund of?
Thigging is the present participle and gerund of thig.
What part of speech is thigging?
Thigging is a noun.
What is the plural of thigging?
The plural of thigging is thiggings.

Words near thigging in the dictionary

  1. thifluzamide
  2. thig
  3. thigged
  4. thigger
  5. thiggers
  6. thigging
  7. thigh
  8. thigh boot
  9. thigh boots
  10. thigh gap
  11. thigh gaps

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