digging

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digging

/ˈdɪɡɪŋ(ɡ)/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪɡɪŋ

noun diggings

countable, uncountable The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
countable, uncountable A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained.
colloquial, countable, dated, uncountable Accommodation; lodgings; digs.
archaic, colloquial, countable, in plural, often, uncountable Region; locality. This knock-down argument in favour of big mosquitoes used the Hoosier up, and the logician started on a new track, to explain how numerous bear were in his "diggins," where he represented them to be "about as plenty as blackberries, and a little plentifuler.”

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of dig

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: excavation, rummage, ransacking, delving, dredging, burrowing, tunnelling, drilling, drill, exhumation, borehole, hollow, prospecting, incised, perforation, pierce

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Español	cavío, cava

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@misc{digging_2026,
  title = {digging},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/digging},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}