Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🛏️ A temporary bed 🦵 A body tissue 😴 To lie down 🏠 To stay overnight
to lig

to lig

9.9
To stay at someone else's place for a short time without paying
  • verb
  • /lɪg/
  • Archaic
translation icon : quedarse en casa de alguien
  • She managed to lig at her friend's flat for a few nights while looking for her own place.

Examples

  • They often lig with mates after a night out rather than going home.

  • I often lig at my friend's house when I visit.

  • When he visited the city, he would lig with relatives instead of booking a hotel.

  • He sometimes ligs with his cousins during the summer.

  • When he visited the city, he would lig with relatives instead of booking a hotel.

  • She managed to lig at her friend's flat for a few nights while looking for her own place.

  • They often lig with mates after a night out rather than going home.

Synonyms

to sleep over
vsto lig
  • Informal
63 2.8

To stay at someone else's house for the night

is temporary lodging that often involves staying without payment

How Long

to reside
91 3.0
to lig
  • Archaic
9.9
to crash
  • Informal
111 7.0
overnight
11 2.5
to pop in
  • Informal
25 3.4

Surface Forms

lig infinitive
ligged past
ligged past participle
ligging present participle
ligs third person singular

Etymology

The verb lig meaning to stay or lodge for a short time grew from the idea of 'to lie' at someone's house, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of lig as 'lying' at a friend's place for the night.