digs

digs · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (Informal, British) Rented rooms or lodgings, especially for students.

  2. 2.

    Third person singular present tense of dig.

  3. 3.

    (Informal) Critical or mocking remarks.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    nice digs — Attractive or comfortable living quarters
  • •
    take digs at — To make critical remarks about someone

Related words

See also: accommodation, dig, lodging
Synonyms: accommodation, lodgings, quarters, rooms

Etymology

As a noun meaning lodgings, from 19th-century slang, possibly from diggings (mining camps where prospectors lived).