verb · transitive · rare

thig

thig · thigs · thigged · thigging

To solicit or receive, usually by beggingTo solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.

Meaning

6 senses

(Scotland, transitive)To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
(Scotland, ambitransitive)To beg, borrow; cadge.
(Scotland, ambitransitive)To crave; seek (a favour).
(Scotland, intransitive, obsolete)To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
(Scotland, intransitive, obsolete)To take alms.
(Scotland, obsolete, transitive)To beseech; supplicate; implore.

Origin

From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; e

From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiggjan, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (“to accept, receive, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”).

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Forms

thigs, thigging, thigged, thigged

Base form	thig · to thig
3rd person singular	thigs
Present participle	thigging
Past simple	thigged
Past participle	thigged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	thig
he, she, it	thigs

Past simpleLesson

all persons

thigged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have thigged
he, she, it	has thigged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will thig

Word family

2 related words

Derivedthigger thigging

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle