ug
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English ugge, from Old Norse uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”), related to Old Norse ógn (“terror, threat, dispute”) and agi (“terror, strife, fear, punishment”). More at awe.
Alternative forms
Noun
ug (plural ugs)
- (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) A feeling of fear, horror or disgust.
- He took an ug at's meht.
- (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) An object of disgust.
- What an ug ye've myed yorsel.
- (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) Vomited matter.
- (Northumbria) A surfeit.
Synonyms
- (fear; horror): dread, fright; see also Thesaurus:fear
- (digust): distaste, loathsomeness, revulsion
- (object of disgust): abomination
- (vomit): chunder, sick; see also Thesaurus:vomit
- (surfeit): glut, surplus; see also Thesaurus:excess
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary[1], volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 298
Etymology 2
From Middle English uggen, from Old Norse ugga (“to fear”), see above.
Alternative forms
Verb
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- (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) To dread, loathe or disgust.
- 1822, Robert Wilson, “Answer to an Epistle from a Friend”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, page 71:
- Wha weds a cankert thriftless wife, / Weds to his days eternal strife, / For, like the Tron-Kirk bell, / She ever hammers on his lugs, / Till her an' hame at last he uggs / As the dire door o' hell!
- (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) To fear, be horrified; shudder with horror.
- (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) To vomit.
- (Northumbria, obsolete) To give a surfeit to.
Synonyms
- (feel abhorrence): abhor, loathe; see also Thesaurus:hate. Alternatively: nauseate, sicken.
- (vomit): heave, pray to the porcelain god, throw up; see also Thesaurus:regurgitate
References
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “ug”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes V (Simular–Z), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary[2], volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 298
Etymology 3
Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter µ.
Symbol
ug
- Alternative spelling of µg
Etymology 4
Noun
ug (plural ugs)
- (Caithness, Scotland) The pectoral fin of a fish.
Synonyms
References
- Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary[3], volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 298
Anagrams
Cebuano
Conjunction
ug
Waray-Waray
Conjunction
ug
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