English Explanatory Dictionary

tig

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To touch lightly or playfully; to trifle, dally.
noun
  1. A light touch; a tap or pat.
  2. The children's game of tag.
noun
  1. A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.
adj
  1. Acronym of tungsten inert gas; pertaining to TIG welding.

Pronunciation

/tɪɡ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tig.wav

Word forms

tig tigs tigging tigged tyg

Etymology

Dialectal variant of tick, from Middle English ticken, tiken. More at tick.

Related words

tig bitties tig ol' bitties GTAW MIG
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary