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pug
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?g, IPA(key): /p??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
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Noun
pug (plural pugs)
- 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
- A bargeman. [from the 16th c]
- (obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain
- rotten chaffe or pugs, and such like plain mullock
- Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
Derived terms
- pug nose
- pug-nosed
- pug-ugly
Translations
Etymology 2
Corruption of puck, from Old English p?ca (“goblin, demon”). Compare Icelandic púki (“demon”) and Welsh pwca (“hobgoblin”).
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
- (obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
- An upper servant in a great house. [from the 19th c]
- A harlot; a prostitute. [circa 1600]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cotgrave to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (mythological creature): puck, goblin, fairy
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of pugilist, from Latin pugil.
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
- (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.
- 1988, Ken Blady, The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame (page 226)
Etymology 4
Compare German pucken (“to thump, beat”).
Noun
pug (countable and uncountable, plural pugs)
- Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)
- A pug mill.
Verb
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.
Etymology 5
From Hindi ?? (pag, “step, foot”), related to Sanskrit ???? (padya, “foot”) and Greek ???? (pódi, “foot”).
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
- The pawprint or footprint of an animal
Synonyms
- pugmark
Etymology 6
Probably related to puck.
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
- (obsolete) A term of endearment. [from the 16th c]
Anagrams
- GPU, gup
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pu?]
Noun
pug (nominative plural pugs)
- slaughter, slaughtering
- butchery, butchering
Declension
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pue
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pju?/
Alternative forms
- pew
Verb
pue (third-person singular simple present pues, present participle puing, simple past and past participle pued)
- (dated, intransitive) To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- The birds likewise with chirps and puing could / Cackling and chattering that of Jove beseech.
Related terms
- peevish
Asturian
Verb
pue
- third-person singular present indicative of poder
Finnish
Verb
pue
- Indicative present connegative form of pukea.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of pukea.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of pukea.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /py/
- Homophones: pu, pues, puent, pus, put, pût
Verb
pue
- first-person singular present indicative of puer
- third-person singular present indicative of puer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of puer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of puer
- second-person singular imperative of puer
Anagrams
- peu
Warembori
Noun
pue
- pig
References
- Donohue, Mark. Warembori grammar sketch. Sydney: Univ. iii+70pp. (1999).
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