pug
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
For the verb, compare German pucken (“to thump, beat”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
pug (plural pugs)
- Term of endearment (probably related to puck). [from the 16th c]
- A bargeman. [from the 16th c]
- A harlot; a prostitute. [circa 1600]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cotgrave to this entry?)
- A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. [from the 18th c]
- An upper servant in a great house. [from the 19th c]
- The footprint of an animal. (Also pugmark) (From the Hindi for 'foot', related to Sanskrit 'padh' and Greek 'ped')
- Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)
- (obsolete, slang) A pugilist or boxer.
- (obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
- (obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
- Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
Translations [edit]
small dog
Derived terms [edit]
Verb [edit]
pug (third-person singular simple present pugs, present participle pugging, simple past and past participle pugged)
- (transitive) To mix and stir when wet.
- to pug clay for bricks or pottery
- (transitive) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound.
Anagrams [edit]
Volapük [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
pug (plural pugs)
Declension [edit]
declension of pug
Related terms [edit]
Terms derived from pug
