"igg" meaning in English

See igg in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: iggs [present, singular, third-person], igging [participle, present], igged [participle, past], igged [past]
Etymology: Clipping of ignore. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|ignore}} Clipping of ignore Head templates: {{en-verb}} igg (third-person singular simple present iggs, present participle igging, simple past and past participle igged)
  1. (transitive, colloquial) To ignore deliberately. Tags: colloquial, transitive Synonyms: ig, iggy
    Sense id: en-igg-en-verb--~rmRvLe

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          "text": "1953, Langston Hughes, ‘Simple Takes a Wife’, in 2002, Donna Sullivan Harper (editor), The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The Early Simple Stories, Volume 7, page 202,\nBut not knowing my own mind, I made it hard for Mabel, keeping late hours, igging her, and playing Cherie. Then, one day while Mabel was at work, I packed my clothes and left.",
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