digging

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present participle of

the act of breaking up and moving soil or creating a hole in it using a tool, a machine, or your hands:

She went out into the garden to do some digging.

The digging stopped around 6 pm when a body was discovered.

Much of the work - the digging of trenches, the laying of rail tracks - was done by convicts.

the act of searching very carefully to discover secret or forgotten information:

After doing some digging, we found three especially interesting names on the list.

Further digging revealed that the offshore corporation also owned several other small businesses.

in volleyball (= a game in which two teams on either side of a high net use their hands to hit a large ball over the net), the act of receiving the ball with both hands together and flat arms and the knees bent, preventing the ball from touching the ground after it has been hit hard downwards or served (= hit across the net to start the game), and then passing it to another player on your team:

Digging is essential to a successful defence.

You need to be able to get into a good position for digging, angling your arms to the target.