sigging

English

Noun

sigging (uncountable)

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) The act of sigging (insulting, roasting); signifying; banter.

   Synonyms: signifying, dropping lugs, sounding, capping, snapping, dissing, busting, bagging, janking, ranking, toasting, woofing, roasting, putting on, cracking, joning

   • 1977, Geneva Smitherman, Talkin and Testifyin: The Language of Black America, Boston, M.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 199:

     Now, me bein me, I had to correct my man's "bad grammar." I said, "Hey, watch yo dialect — it's you and J have some work to do." He turned fifty shades o' red, and I split. Naturally, that siggin of mine had shonuff blowed the possibility of me gittin any grant money!

Verb

sigging

1. present participle and gerund of sig