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tiggy

tiggy noun: the children′s game tag.

Noun

tiggy (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, North Island New Zealand) The children′s game tag.
    • The teacher tried to encourage him to join in, and would tell Jamie to go and play 'tiggy' with the others.1996, M. J. Carr, Murder: Past Tense,, page 67
    • Everyone raced to catch squid hiding under floating leaves or wood, or tried to catch seahorses as well as playing tiggy in the water.2006, Fiona Doyle, “Wet Season Time”, in On Country: Stories of Nyrlotte, Univ. of Queensland Press, page 15
    Synonyms:
    chasey, it, tag

Synonyms of tiggy

Questions about tiggy

What does tiggy mean?
Tiggy means the children′s game tag.
What part of speech is tiggy?
Tiggy is a noun.

Words near tiggy in the dictionary

  1. Tigger
  2. Tiggerish
  3. Tiggers
  4. tigging
  5. tiggity-boo
  6. tiggy
  7. TIGHAR
  8. Tighe
  9. Tighes
  10. Tighes Hill
  11. Tighina

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