different between vug vs nug

English

Alternative forms

• vugh
• vogle

Etymology

From Cornish vooga (“cave”); compare fogou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??/

Noun

vug (plural vugs)

1. A small to medium-sized cavity inside rock that may be formed through a variety of processes.

Derived terms

• vugginess
• vuggy, vughy

Anagrams

• guv

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• nudge

Noun

nug (plural nugs)

1. (West Country) lump; block

References

• Wright, Joseph (1903) The English Dialect Dictionary?^[1], volume 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 309

Etymology 2

From nugget, from the sense above.

Pronunciation

Noun

nug (plural nugs)

1. (slang) A piece of marijuana.
   • 2006, Jason King, The Cannabible 3, p. 25:

     A deep inhalation of a fresh ground-up nug leaves you with a giant smile and a tingly nose.

2. (slang) A chicken nugget.
   • 2012, Mike Lacher, On the Bro'd: A Parody of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road (page 71)

     A lotta times I grabbed bags of frozen chicken nuggets to take home. “You know what they say,” Ricky would be like. “Dude's gotta have nugs.”

Synonyms

• bud

References

• The Routledge dictionary of modern American slang and unconventional English, by Tom Dalzell, Eric Partridge, p. 703

Etymology 3

Noun

nug (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of noog (“Guizotia abyssinica”)

Anagrams

• GNU, Ngu, UNG, Ung, gnu, gun

Welsh

Verb

nug

1. Nasal mutation of dug.

Mutation

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu???/

Verb

nug

1. to ask; to question.

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary?^[2], SEAP Publications, ?ISBN.