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Definition pug
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]
- A bargeman. [from the 16th c]
- (obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain
- Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
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.
- An upper servant in a great house. [from the 19th c]
- A harlot; a prostitute. [circa 1600]
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of pugilist, from Latin pugil.
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
- (informal) One who fights with fists; a boxer.
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.
- (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)
Etymology 6
Probably related to puck.
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
- (obsolete) A term of endearment. [from the 16th c]
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