Synonyms for digging
dig·ging

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1. excavation, digging, dignoun

   the act of digging

   "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"

   Synonyms:
   barb, dig, excavation, jab, slam, shot, shaft, archeological site, jibe, gibe, mining

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1. diggingnoun

   Synonyms:
   excavation, exhumation (digging up)

   Associated words:
   fossorial, fodient

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1. List of paraphrases for "digging":

   dig, excavation, drilling, dug, burrowing, excavating, delving, hafr

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1. Randall Irmis:

   Volunteers are involved in every aspect of what we do, from field work and digging up specimens to preparing them, in 2014, volunteers provided 14,500 hours of work. It's a massive contribution. We couldn't do what we do without them. We really consider them key team members.

2. President Barack Obama:

   I've got to listen to my critics say I'm often too soft on turkeys, and I'm sure the press is digging into whether or not the turkeys I've pardoned have really re-dedicated their lives to being good turkey citizens.

3. Marial Chanuong Yol Mangok:

   We are going to make a report to the SPLA general headquarter to direct our engineering team to start digging water and putting in place some of infrastructure such that people will live in.

4. Nissim Hakmon:

   The fear among everyone here is constant, i've heard the sound of a hammer and chisel and my neighbor says she can hear them digging under the cement. We're stressed out.

5. Rosemary Vernon:

   As soon as I see them digging out in my front yard and laying pipe and I go out there and watch and see what they do, then I'll believe them.