tig
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 4
- Words With Friends
- 5
- Letters
- 3
/tɪɡ/
Definition of tig
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (dialectal)To touch lightly or playfully; to trifle, dally.
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verb
- (dialectal)To touch lightly or playfully; to trifle, dally.
noun
- (dialectal)A light touch; a tap or pat.
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(Ireland, Scotland)The children's game of tag.
“One evening when playing tig she had put her hands over his eyes: long and white and thin and cold and soft.”
- (historical)A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.
adj
- (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, not-comparable)Acronym of tungsten inert gas; pertaining to TIG welding.
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Etymology
Dialectal variant of tick, from Middle English ticken, tiken. More at tick.
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