tig

English

Noun

tig (countable and uncountable; plural tigs)

1. (Ireland) tag, the children's game.
   • 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 43

     One evening when playing tig she had put her hands over his eyes : long and white and thin and cold and soft.

2. A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.

Anagrams

• git

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Dutch

Etymology

From the suffix -tig used to form multiples of ten.

Determiner

tig

1. (informal) tens, dozens, lots

   Ik kan wel tig redenen bedenken waarom dit fout is!

   I can think of dozens of reasons why this is wrong!

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tʲiɡʲ]

Verb

tig (present of tar)

1. come

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Scottish Gaelic

Verb

tig

1. Future tense of thig

Usage notes

• This is the dependent form, the basic form being thig.

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Swedish

Verb

tig

1. imperative of tiga.