different between trug vs frug

English

Etymology

Compare trough.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

trug (plural trugs)

1. (chiefly Britain) A shallow, oval basket used for gardening
2. (obsolete) A trough or tray.
3. (obsolete) A hod for mortar.
4. (obsolete) An old measure of wheat equal to two thirds of a bushel.

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5. (obsolete) A concubine; a harlot.
   • 1630, John Taylor, "The World Runs on Wheels", in All the Workes of John Taylor the Water Poet

     the Tobacco seller, with their companion Trugs, must be coached to […] many other places, like wild haggards prancing up and down

Translations

Anagrams

• GURT, gurt, turg

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse trog.

Noun

trug n (singular definite truget, plural indefinite trug)

1. trough

Inflection

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tru?k/, [t?u?k] (standard)
  • Rhymes: -u?k
• IPA^(key): /tru?x/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
• Homophone: Trug (but /x/ is less common in this, so some speakers may distinguish)

Verb

trug

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of tragen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

trug m (definite singular trugen, indefinite plural trugar, definite plural trugane)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by truge f

English

Etymology

Origin unknown. Perhaps related to frig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f???/

Noun

frug (plural frugs)

1. (usually preceded by definite article) A dance derived from the twist, popular in the 1960s.

Verb

frug (third-person singular simple present frugs, present participle frugging, simple past and past participle frugged)

1. (intransitive) To perform this dance.

German

Verb

frug

1. first/third-person singular preterite of fragen