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vug
English
Alternative forms
- vugh
- vogle
Etymology
From Cornish vooga (“cave”); compare fogou.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v??/
Noun
vug (plural vugs)
- A small to medium-sized cavity inside rock that may be formed through a variety of processes.
Derived terms
- vugginess
- vuggy, vughy
Anagrams
- guv
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vig
English
Etymology
Clipping of vigorish, from Yiddish ???????? (vigrish), from Russian ???????? (výigryš, “winnings”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
vig (countable and uncountable, plural vigs)
- (slang) Synonym of vigorish (“charge taken on bets”)
- (US slang, crime) Synonym of vigorish (“interest from a loan, as from a loan shark”)
- 1973, Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin (screenplay), Mean Streets, quoted in 2009, Ellis Cashmore, Martin Scorsese's America, page 118,
- “You charged a guy from the neighborhood $1800 vig?” he asks incredulously (“vig” is short for vigorish, meaning a rate of interest from a loan from an illegal moneylender).
- 1973, Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin (screenplay), Mean Streets, quoted in 2009, Ellis Cashmore, Martin Scorsese's America, page 118,
- Synonym of vigorish (“commission, finder's fee, or similar extra charge”)
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *uig-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to revolve, turn, twist”). Cognate to Old English wice (“patch”) and Old Norse vik (“bight”).
Noun
vig m (indefinite plural vigje, definite singular vigu, definite plural vigjet)
- stretcher, litter, bier, transition (consisting of beams)
Declension
Derived terms
- vigan
References
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi??/, [??i?]
- Homophone: hvi
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *w?k? (“village; inlet”), cognate with Norwegian, Swedish vik, English wick, Dutch wijk. Borrowed from Latin v?cus.
Noun
vig c (singular definite vigen, plural indefinite vige)
- inlet (arm of the sea)
Inflection
Derived terms
- mundvig
References
- “vig” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
vig
- imperative of vige
Romanian
Etymology
From Hungarian vég
Noun
vig n (plural viguri)
- bolt of fabric
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i??
Verb
vig
- imperative of viga.
Adjective
vig (comparative vigare, superlative vigast)
- (of a person) limber, supple
Anagrams
- giv
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vi?]
Noun
vig (nominative plural vigs)
- week
- sennight, sevennight
Declension
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