underdig meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

underdig

verb

Etymology From under- + dig.

To dig under or beneath (something); to undermine.

Issa found a place where the fence had been underdug, and thought about sneaking into the town. But she couldn't think of anything she wanted to do in there.2011, Adam Roberts, By Light Alone, London: Gollancz, →ISBN, page 348:

verb

Etymology Blend of understand + dig (“to understand”).

Slang To fully understand or comprehend.

African-American Vernacular

Fuck givin' body shots I'm hittin' you in yo wig / Ya underdig?2000 September 12, “Uptown” (2:06 from the start), in Baller Blockin', performed by Turk ft. B.G.:
Niggaz know who I be and what I represent, so my hood stripes could never be in question, you underdig me? I ain't trying to shit on they character, they went out like straight Gs.2006, K'wan Foye, Hood Rat, New York, N.Y.: Saint Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 308:

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[…] there are these pipes and boughs and heifer cows and the cows represent the young maidens who are "overwrought" and there are musicians playing songs and people who really like underdig the parade but feel sorta depressed because they know the time will be gone soon like a memory and it's all very cool and written in rhyme which we studied.2018, Carolyn Light Bell, “All He Saw Was Summer”, in I Heard a Fish Cry: And Other Stories, Lisbon: Adelaide Books, →ISBN, page 193: