Definition of "dig" []

• To break up, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example), as with a shovel, spade, or snout, or with claws, paws or hands. (verb-transitive)
• To make or form by removing earth or other material: dig a trench; dug my way out of the snow. (verb-transitive)
• To prepare (soil) by loosening or cultivating. (verb-transitive)
• To obtain or unearth by digging: dig coal out of a seam; dug potatoes from a field. (verb-transitive)
• To obtain or find by an action similar to digging: dug a dollar out of his pocket; dug the puck out of the corner. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "*shuffle, dig dig* I digs throo teh blankees an finds wun just for yoo."
• "He must manage not only the logistics of the project, but also the security, as the 'dig' is often under attack by the denizens of the wall."
• "The dig is that he continues in that failed role behind the lectern when what we need is a true, hands on leader."