Meanings
digs1
- pluralplural of dig
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of dig
digs2
- colloquialpluralplural onlyLodgings; place of accommodation.
Corley at the first go-off was inclined to suspect it was something to do with Stephen being fired out of his digs for bringing in a bloody tart off the street.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 16]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC1 more example
Our new digs are at the corner of Market and Castro – a great and gay neighborhood that will be a pleasure to work in. The new office has room for four women to work comfortably, a tiny deck and back yard, and looks out on two trees.
1993, “[Editor's note]”, in Feminist Bookstore News, volume 16, page 1 - colloquialpluralplural onlyClothes.
I donned my new digs and found a trash can in which to dump my stinky old clothes.
2014, Stephanie Caffrey, Vegas Stripped, page 951 more example
For example, when “army digs” are in, the Jocks wear them; when designer jeans are fashionable, those who can afford them wear them.
1992, R. Patrick Solomon, Black Resistance in High School: Forging a Separatist Culture, page 41
DIGs3
- pluralplural of DIG
dIGs4
- pluralplural of dIG
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Clipping of diggings.
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digs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digs
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