underdig

U1N1D2E1R1D2I1G2

verb

To dig under or beneath (something); to undermine.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

underdig1

verbunderdig (third-person singular simple present underdigs, present participle underdigging, simple past and past participle underdug)

present singular third person underdigs · participle present underdigging · participle past underdug · past underdug

  1. transitiveTo dig under or beneath (something); to undermine.

    Issa found a place where the fence had been underdug, and thought about sneaking into the town. But she couldn't think of anything she wanted to do in there.

    2011, Adam Roberts, By Light Alone, London: Gollancz, →ISBN, page 348

underdig2

verbunderdig (third-person singular simple present underdigs, present participle underdigging, simple past and past participle underdug)

present singular third person underdigs · participle present underdigging · participle past underdug · past underdug

  1. slangtransitiveAfrican-American VernacularTo fully understand or comprehend.

    Fuck givin' body shots I'm hittin' you in yo wig / Ya underdig?

    2000 September 12, “Uptown” (2:06 from the start), in Baller Blockin', performed by Turk ft. B.G.
    2 more examples

    Niggaz know who I be and what I represent, so my hood stripes could never be in question, you underdig me? I ain't trying to shit on they character, they went out like straight Gs.

    2006, K'wan Foye, Hood Rat, New York, N.Y.: Saint Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 308

    […] there are these pipes and boughs and heifer cows and the cows represent the young maidens who are "overwrought" and there are musicians playing songs and people who really like underdig the parade but feel sorta depressed because they know the time will be gone soon like a memory and it's all very cool and written in rhyme which we studied.

    2018, Carolyn Light Bell, “All He Saw Was Summer”, in I Heard a Fish Cry: And Other Stories, Lisbon: Adelaide Books, →ISBN, page 193

Origin

underdig · verb

Blend of understand + dig (“to understand”).

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