different between thick vs rugged

English

Alternative forms

• (meme slang: curvy): thicc

Etymology

From Middle English thicke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkw?, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: th?k
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian) IPA^(key): /??k/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /??k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Adjective

thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)

1. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

   Synonyms: broad; see also Thesaurus:wide

   Antonyms: slim, thin; see also Thesaurus:narrow
2. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.

3. Heavy in build; thickset.

   Synonyms: chunky, solid, stocky, thickset

   Antonyms: slender, slight, slim, svelte, thin; see also Thesaurus:slender

4. Densely crowded or packed.

   Synonyms: crowded, dense, packed; see also Thesaurus:compact

   Antonyms: sparse; see also Thesaurus:diffuse

5. Having a viscous consistency.

   Synonyms: glutinous, viscous; see also Thesaurus:viscous

   Antonyms: free-flowing, runny; see also Thesaurus:runny

6. Abounding in number.

   Synonyms: overflowing, swarming, teeming; see also Thesaurus:plentiful

   Antonyms: scant, scarce, slight

7. Impenetrable to sight.

   Synonyms: dense, opaque, solid; see also Thesaurus:opaque

   Antonyms: thin, transparent; see also Thesaurus:transparent

8. (Of an accent) Prominent, strong.
   1. Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.

   2. Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.

      Synonyms: unclear; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

      Antonyms: clear, lucid; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible

9. (informal) Stupid.

   Synonyms: dense, (informal) dumb, stupid, (taboo slang) thick as pigshit, (slang) thick as two short planks; see also Thesaurus:stupid

   Antonyms: (informal) brainy, intelligent, smart; see also Thesaurus:intelligent

10. (informal) Friendly or intimate.

    Synonyms: (UK, informal) chummy, close, close-knit, friendly, (informal) pally, intimate, tight-knit

    Antonym: unacquainted

    • 1859, Thomas Hughes, The Scouring of the White Horse

      Jem is a tall, good-looking fellow, as old as I am, and that's twenty-one last birthday; we came into the office together years ago, and have been very thick ever since

11. Deep, intense, or profound.

    Synonyms: great, extreme

12. (Britain, dated) troublesome; unreasonable
    • 1969 Anita Leslie, Lady Randolph Churchill, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 288:

      "Of course I was eager to put her affairs in order," George told my father, "but I found it a bit thick when expected to pay for Lord Randolph Churchill's barouche purchased in the '80s."

14. (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:voluptuous

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)

1. In a thick manner.

   Snow lay thick on the ground.

2. Frequently or numerously.

   The arrows flew thick and fast around us.

Translations

Noun

thick (plural thicks)

1. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.

   • He through a little window cast his sight / Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.

2. A thicket.

   • gloomy thicks
3. (slang) A stupid person; a fool.

Derived terms

• in the thick of
• through thick and thin

Translations

Verb

thick (third-person singular simple present thicks, present participle thicking, simple past and past participle thicked)

1. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To thicken.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:thicken

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English rugged, roggyd, ruggyd, derived from Old Norse r?gg (“tuft, shagginess”), equivalent to rug (“rough, woollen material”) +? -ed. Compare Old Swedish ruggoter (“wrinkled”), Swedish rugga (“to roughen”), Swedish ruggig (“shaggy”), Icelandic rögg (“shagginess”), Old Norse raggaðr (“tufted”), dialectal Danish raggad (“shaggy”).

Pronunciation

• r?-g?d, IPA^(key): /?????d/

Adjective

rugged (comparative ruggeder, superlative ruggedest)

1. Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.
   • 1870, Mark Twain, Roughing It, Chapter LXV

     By and by, after a rugged climb, we halted on the summit of a hill which commanded a far-reaching view.

2. Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.
   • 2011, Ronke Luke-Boone, African Fabrics: Sewing Contemporary Fashion with Ethic Flair

     Commercially produced yarn, such as rayon, produces a cloth with a smoother, shinier look than hand-spun cotton, but the uneven, rugged look of hand-spun cotton can be quite appealing.

3. Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
4. (of a person) Strong, sturdy, well-built.
   • 2010, Arthur Queen Jr., Young Man: Ageless Fatherly Wisdom to Hold

     Many women and men delude themselves into thinking that only the hardest and most rugged man is attractive and to many it may be the case.

5. (of land) Rocky and bare of plantlife.
   • 2013, Vicky Baker in The Guardian, Riding with the cowboys on a Mexico ranch

     Hidden within 30,000 acres of rugged private land, the ranch is cocooned by peaks and canyons in all directions.
6. (of temper, character, or people) Harsh; austere; hard; crabbed
7. Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
8. (of sound, style etc.) Harsh; grating; rough to the ear
9. (of looks, appearance etc.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled
10. (of behaviour) Violent; rude; boisterous
11. (of health, physique etc.) Vigorous; robust; hardy
    • 1909, Jack London, Martin Eden

      "Her gaze rested for a moment on the muscular neck, heavy corded, almost bull-like, bronzed by the sun, spilling over with rugged health and strength..."

12. (computing, of a computer) Designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions.
    • 2011, Nick Fletcher, Psion drops 2% after supply chain issues push it into loss

      Psion, which supplies a range of rugged hand held computers, has lost nearly 2% after announcing a plunge into the red.

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Translations

Further reading

• rugged in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• rugged at OneLook Dictionary Search

Etymology 2

rug +? -ed

Pronunciation

• r?gd, IPA^(key): /???d/

Adjective

rugged (not comparable)

1. Having a rug or rugs.
2. Covered with a rug.

Verb

rugged

1. simple past tense and past participle of rug

Anagrams

• Dugger, Gudger, grudge, gurged