- a small push with your finger or elbow
- She gave him a dig in the ribs.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sharp
- give
- feel
- get
- …
- a dig in the ribs
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- dig (at somebody/something) a remark that is intended to annoy or upset somebody
- He kept making sly little digs at me.
- to have a dig at somebody/something
Extra Examples- I resisted the temptation to get in a sly dig at Fred.
- They were having a little dig at her about the way she tells everybody else what to do.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- sly
- get in
- have
- make
- …
- dig about
- dig at
- an occasion when an organized group of people dig in the ground to discover old buildings or objects, in order to find out more about their history synonym excavation
- to go on a dig
- an archaeological dig
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyc2- I went on a dig over the summer.
- The dig revealed the site of a Roman villa.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- archaeological
- go on
- reveal something
Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Old English dīc ‘ditch’.
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