tig meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

tig

verb

/tɪɡ/

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

Dialectal To touch lightly or playfully; to trifle, dally.

tig

noun

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

Dialectal A light touch; a tap or pat.

Ireland, Scotland The children's game of tag.

England apart from the south

One evening when playing tig she had put her hands over his eyes: long and white and thin and cold and soft.1916 December 29, James Joyce, chapter I, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC, page 36:

tig

noun

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

Related terms: tig bitties, tig ol' bitties

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