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Definition of to dig for worms
dig for worms
verb
- to perform varicose vein surgery. Used by doctors in the UK.
Citation: "Doctor slang is a dying art", BBC News, 18 August 2003
- See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: medicine (related to).
Last edited on Mar 23 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 23 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'British, UK slang (list of)': | |
| Definitions include: pejorative nickname for the British daily tabloid newspaper Daily Mail. | |
| Definitions include: a bachelorette party. | |
| Definitions include: an intensifier. | |
| Definitions include: a customer of a prostitute; "john". | |
| Definitions include: "thank you." | |
| Definitions include: British or Irish term for partying, having a good time, doing something exciting. pronounced "crack" | |
| Definitions include: an obese, long-term welfare recipient. | |
| Definitions include: idiot, un-cool, not liked. | |
| Definitions include: a day off from work. | |
| Definitions include: to cheer up. | |
| Definitions include: man. | |
| Definitions include: a very unattractive person. | |
| Definitions include: cool, new or special. | |
| Definitions include: a "Yank", i.e. a person from the USA. | |
| Definitions include: a line of people waiting to receive some service. | |
Other terms relating to 'medicine (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: "placebo" backwards. | |
| Definitions include: a psychiatric hospital. | |
| Definitions include: "chemotherapy". | |
| Definitions include: "medication". | |
| Definitions include: a bullet. | |
| Definitions include: lip balm. | |
| Definitions include: oil. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "patient fell over", a notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
| Definitions include: less common spelling of lopitoffamy. | |
| Definitions include: birth control medication. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "funny looking kid", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
| Definitions include: male genitalia, especially the testicles. | |
| Definitions include: a sleeping pill. | |
| Definitions include: medicine. | |
| Definitions include: "ambulance". | |
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Other terms relating to 'dig': | |
| Definitions include: extremely cold. | |
| Definitions include: to support an action. | |
| Definitions include: to continue to make a situation go from bad to worse. | |
| Definitions include: to start consuming something, especially food. | |
| Definitions include: To understand. | |
| Definitions include: to enjoy. | |
| Definitions include: To be physically attracted to. | |
| Definitions include: to try to swoop on somebody's lover. | |
| Definitions include: have sex with someone. | |
| Definitions include: clothing | |
| Definitions include: to discover information through investigation. | |
| Definitions include: a woman who is dating a wealthy man only for his money. | |
| Definitions include: an idiot. | |
| Definitions include: sardonic retort to "No shit, Sherlock!" | |
| Definitions include: do you understand. | |
Other terms relating to 'for': | |
| Definitions include: taking a passive role. | |
| Definitions include: attracted to young males. | |
| Definitions include: return on one's money spent. | |
| Definitions include: to be homosexual. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) for life". | |
| Definitions include: a phrase used in reference to someone under the influence of opiates who keeps nodding off with their mouth open, as it resembles performing fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: so compatible that even the known bugs of product A were replicated in the "bug-for-bug compatible" product B. | |
| Definitions include: British expression meaning that the speaker doesn't want to do something. | |
| Definitions include: to need to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: to be excited about. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit (noisily). | |
| Definitions include: the person is going to be in trouble. | |
| Definitions include: crazy. | |
| Definitions include: fat. | |
Other terms relating to 'worm': | |
| Definitions include: loose, and nasty. | |
| Definitions include: something that has many difficult issues. | |
| Definitions include: a song or song fragment that gets stuck in one's head. | |
| Definitions include: a very small penis. | |
| Definitions include: a penis. | |
| Definitions include: chewing tobacco. | |
| Definitions include: a dead person. | |
| Definitions include: a characterization of an unassertive person becoming assertive. | |
| Definitions include: to escape punishment. | |
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