pug

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Etymology 1

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portrait of a pug

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

  1. 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]
    Synonyms: Chinese pug, Dutch bulldog, Dutch mastiff, mini mastiff, mops, carlin, pugdog
  2. A bargeman. [from the 16th c]
  3. (obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain
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Translations

Etymology 2

Corruption of puck, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”). Compare Icelandic púki (“demon”) and Welsh pwca (“hobgoblin”).

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

  1. (obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.
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  2. An upper servant in a great house. [from the 19th c]
  3. A harlot; a prostitute. [circa 1600]
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Synonyms

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of pugilist, from Latin pugil.

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

  1. (informal) One who fights with fists; a boxer.
    • 1988, Ken Blady, The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame (page 226)
      He never trained for his characters either: with his slurred speech and disfigured mug he usually portrayed a punch-drunk ex-pug or comic tough guy, roles in which he was a natural.

Etymology 4

Compare German pucken (“to thump, beat”).

Noun

pug (countable and uncountable, plural pugs)

  1. Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)
  2. A pug mill.

Verb

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  1. (transitive) To mix and stir when wet.
    to pug clay for bricks or pottery
  2. (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.

Etymology 5

From Hindi पग (pag, “step, foot”), related to Sanskrit पद्य (padya, “foot”) and Greek πόδι (pódi, “foot”).

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

  1. The pawprint or footprint of an animal
Synonyms

Etymology 6

Probably related to puck.

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

  1. (obsolete) A term of endearment. [from the 16th c]

Anagrams

Volapük

Pronunciation

Noun

pug (nominative plural pugs)

  1. slaughter, slaughtering
  2. butchery, butchering

Declension

declension of pug
singular plural
nominative pug pugs
genitive puga pugas
dative puge puges
accusative pugi pugis
vocative 1 o pug! o pugs!
predicative 2 pugu pugus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Terms derived from pug

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