Definition of "nig"

nig¹

noun
plural nigs
1. (now offensive, ethnic slur) A nigger.
  Quotations
  Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe,He was de nig dat sarved me so,…
  1925, Dorothy Scarborough, assisted By Ola Lee Quiledge, On The Trail of Negro Folk-Songs-online book. A collection of negro folk songs with lyrics, sheet music & commentaries, Traditionalmusic.co.uk, pages 69–70
  He always thought one step ahead of the nigs.
  1959, Don Robertson, The three days
  In a field near the house was a nigger working a poor old broken-down mule and another nigger sowing wheat. When we came up, both nigs quit work and stared at us.
  1961, Robert Hale Strong, A Yankee private's Civil War
  What part did she play in your marrying a nig — a black man — nig, nig — Negro?
  1967, Frank Hercules, I want a black doll
2. (African-American Vernacular) Clipping of nigga (“friend, fellow black person”).
  Quotations
  Take Blow, my room dawg and fraternity brother from back in the college days. He's a real smoove nig, curly haired handsome, and got mad chick appeal.
  2009, Mary B. Morrison, Maneater, Detroit, M.I. […]: Thorndike Press, page 252
verb
third-person singular simple present nigs, present participle nigging, simple past and past participle nigged
1. (Internet slang, ethnic slur, intransitive) To behave as a stereotypical black person.