nig

See also: NIG

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Etymology 1

Clipping of niggard. Unrelated to nigger.

Noun

nig (plural nigs)

(archaic) niggard

Etymology 2

Clipping of nigger.

Noun

nig (plural nigs)

(offensive, ethnic slur) nigger
- 1959, Don Robertson, The three days
  He always thought one step ahead of the nigs.
- 1961, Robert Hale Strong, A Yankee private's Civil War
  In a field near the house was a nigger working a poor old broken-down mule and another nigger sowing wheat. When we came up, both nigs quit work and stared at us.
- 1967, Frank Hercules, I want a black doll
  What part did she play in your marrying a nig — a black man — nig, nig — Negro?

Verb

nig (third-person singular simple present nigs, present participle nigging, simple past and past participle nigged)

(Internet slang, ethnic slur) To behave as a stereotypical black person

Anagrams

-ing, -ïng, IGN, NGI, gin, ing

Volapük

Noun

nig (plural nigs)

ink

Declension

declension of nig

	singular	plural
nominative	nig	nigs
genitive	niga	nigas
dative	nige	niges
accusative	nigi	nigis
predicative	nigu	nigus
vocative	o nig!	o nigs!

Derived terms

nigiär

Yapese

Noun

nig

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