Doug

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dŭg, IPA^(key): /dʌɡ/
• Homophone: dug
• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Proper noun

Doug

1. A diminutive of the male given name Douglas.
   • 1960 Muriel Spark, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, New Directions Publishing, 1999, page 70

     *Come and have a drink,' he said, 'and my Christian name is Douglas on this side of the Rye, mind that. Dougal Douglas at Meadows Meade and Douglas Dougal a Willis's, mind. Only a formality for the insurance cards and such.'

     'I better call you Doug, and be done with it.'

Anagrams

• goud