hig
noun
hig is a noun meaning “A huff; a fit of passion, annoyance, or offense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-I-G, and it appears about once in every 6 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does hig mean?
noun
- 1
A huff; a fit of passion, annoyance, or offense.
Off he goas in a hig.
noun
- 1
Initialism of human interface guideline (especially for a graphical user interface).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hig?
Hig appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 72,332nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does hig come from?
From or related to Old English hyġe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).