stig

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/stɪɡ/

noun

Someone from a poor background, with poor dress sense.

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chav
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Meanings

stig1

nounstig (plural stigs)

plural stigs

  1. UKderogatoryslangSomeone from a poor background, with poor dress sense.

    Synonyms: chav

stig2

nounstig (plural stigs)

plural stigs

  1. AustraliaslangAn electronic cigarette or vape.
verbstig (third-person singular simple present stigs, present participle stigging, simple past and past participle stigged)

present singular third person stigs · participle present stigging · participle past stigged · past stigged

  1. AustraliaslangTo vape.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone from a poor background, with poor dress sense.

Similar
chav

Origin

From the eponymous character in the book Stig of the Dump (Clive King, Puffin, 1963, →ISBN).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with stig

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

stig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stig

MLA

“stig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stig. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stig,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stig.

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