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dig

noun
  1. the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
    “The salesman emphasized their joke with a sharp dig in my ribs.”
    jab
  2. the act of digging
    excavationdigging
  3. a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)
    “the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover”
  4. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
    barb
  5. the site of an archeological exploration
    “they set up camp next to the dig”
    excavation
verb
  1. get the meaning of something
    graspcompasssavvygrokget the picturecomprehendapprehend
  2. poke or thrust abruptly
    jabpokestabprod
  3. turn up, loosen, or remove earth
    turn overdelvecut into
  4. remove the inner part or the core of
    hollowexcavate
  5. create by digging
    “dig a hole”
    dig out
  6. thrust down or into
    “dig the oars into the water”
  7. remove, harvest, or recover by digging
    “dig salt”
    dig outdig up
  8. work hard at a task
    “The student was digging away at their math homework.”
    grindlaborlabourtoiltravailfagdrudgemoil