different between zig vs vig

English

Etymology

Back-formation from zigzag. Compare zag.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Noun

zig (plural zigs)

1. A sudden or sharp turn or change of direction.

Translations

Verb

zig (third-person singular simple present zigs, present participle zigging, simple past and past participle zigged)

1. To make such a turn.

Derived terms

• zig when one should zag

See also

• zigzag

Anagrams

• giz

German

Etymology

From the terminal syllable -zig in numerals such as zwanzig (“twenty”), vierzig (“forty”), achtzig (“eighty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ts?ç/

Numeral

zig

1. umpteen, tens of, dozens of (an unspecified number, usually between 10 and 100)

Derived terms

• zigfach
• zigmal
• zigster
• zighundert
• zigtausend

See also

• x

English

Etymology

Clipping of vigorish, from Yiddish ???????? (vigrish), from Russian ???????? (výigryš, “winnings”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

vig (countable and uncountable, plural vigs)

1. (slang) Synonym of vigorish (“charge taken on bets”)
2. (US slang, crime) Synonym of vigorish (“interest from a loan, as from a loan shark”)
   • 1973, Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin (screenplay), Mean Streets, quoted in 2009, Ellis Cashmore, Martin Scorsese's America, page 118,

     “You charged a guy from the neighborhood $1800 vig?” he asks incredulously (“vig” is short for vigorish, meaning a rate of interest from a loan from an illegal moneylender).
3. Synonym of vigorish (“commission, finder's fee, or similar extra charge”)

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *uig-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to revolve, turn, twist”). Cognate to Old English wice (“patch”) and Old Norse vik (“bight”).

Noun

vig m (indefinite plural vigje, definite singular vigu, definite plural vigjet)

1. stretcher, litter, bier, transition (consisting of beams)

Declension

Derived terms

• vigan

References

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi??/, [??i?]
• Homophone: hvi

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *w?k? (“village; inlet”), cognate with Norwegian, Swedish vik, English wick, Dutch wijk. Borrowed from Latin v?cus.

Noun

vig c (singular definite vigen, plural indefinite vige)

1. inlet (arm of the sea)

Inflection

Derived terms

• mundvig

References

• “vig” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vig

1. imperative of vige

Romanian

Etymology

From Hungarian vég

Noun

vig n (plural viguri)

1. bolt of fabric

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i??

Verb

vig

1. imperative of viga.

Adjective

vig (comparative vigare, superlative vigast)

1. (of a person) limber, supple

Anagrams

• giv

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vi?]

Noun

vig (nominative plural vigs)

1. week
2. sennight, sevennight

Declension