Dig

1. A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4.
2. A plodding and laborious student.
3. A tool for digging.
4. An act of digging.
5. An amount to be dug.
6. (Mining) same as Gouge.
7. a critical and sometimes sarcastic or insulting remark, but often good-humored; as, celebrities at a roast must suffer through countless digs.
8. An archeological excavation site.