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      dig
      noun
      An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
      (volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
      (cricket) An innings.
      A cutting, sarcastic remark.
      The occupation of digging for gold.
      (music, slang) A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand.
      A thrust; a poke.
      (medicine, colloquial) Digoxin.
      (astronomy) dwarf irregular galaxy
      (astronomy) Initialism of dwarf irregular galaxy.
      (US, colloquial, dated) A plodding and laborious student.
      (UK, dialect, dated) A tool for digging.
      (archaic, slang) A hard blow, especially (boxing) a straight left-hander delivered under the opponent's guard.
      (Lancashire, obsolete) A duck.
      verb
      (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
      (transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
      (figurative) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
      (volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
      (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
      To thrust; to poke.
      (US, slang, dated) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
      (dated slang) To understand.
      (dated slang, transitive) To appreciate, or like.
      Synonyms for dig
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