can you dig it?

Do you get it; can you feel it; do you comprehend what i am trying to get across?

Phrase made popular in mainstream culture by the classic 70's film the Warriors.

Was used before though by the hippie counterculture; for example Arlo Guthrie said it a couple of times during his apperance at Woodstock.
(youtube it) - Arlo Guthrie WOODSTOCK 1969 - Walking Down The Line

Man i just got beat for 2 oz's, i think im gona just roll up what i have left u down?

That sucks dude, ill throw you some bills though. shit happens, can you dig it?

Yea man, fuckin a

by Dan Druff 69 June 7, 2011

can you dig it

Do you understand?

Comprende?Ya get it?

by the tweaker February 16, 2004

Can you dig it?

a 70's expression meaning 'you understand?' or 'can you take it?' Often used in blaxtopian movies.

Who's the Man who would risk his neck for a brother man?
Shaft!
Can you dig it?

by Lord Xeras April 15, 2011

i sho' dig it like a po' bigot with no spigot

I understand completely.

Man 1: ...and that's how the female breast became eroticized.
Man 2: I sho' dig it like a po' bigot with no spigot!

by Nuss July 18, 2007

can ya dig it

"Can ya dig it!"-Leroy Wells

I'm on Teeeeevee! Can ya dig it!

by Yo Nigga January 29, 2005

can you dig it

Used to mean the same as other definitions. 'Do you understand?'

Oh yeah.

(The Mock Turtles, 1990)

'You won't ever get me down, won't see me hanging aro-o-o-o-und, can you dig it? Oh yeah'

Mock Turtles, 1990.

by O Psuedonym, My Psuedonym June 8, 2010

can ya dig it

The phrase continually repeated by Leroy Wells on American Idol

Can ya dig it?! I said, can you dig it?! Do ya dig?!

by Dominic L July 14, 2005