0 to break up and move soil using a tool, a machine, or your hands: --
1 to search somewhere when you are looking for an object or information : --
2 to push the side of someone's body quickly with your elbow (= the middle part of the arm where it bends) often as a way of sharing a private joke with that person or to get their attention --
3 to like or understand something: --
4 a remark that is intended to criticize, embarrass, or make a joke about someone: --
UK also He's always having/making dig/a dig at me.
He's always taking digs/a dig at me.
5 the process of carefully removing soil and objects from an area of historical interest: --
an archaeological dig
Workmen stumbled upon the mosaic while digging foundations for a new building.
The ground was frozen hard and was impossible to dig.