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Definition pug

Etymology 1

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Noun

pug (plural pugs)

  1. 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]
  2. A bargeman. [from the 16th c]
  3. (obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain
  4. 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)

  1. (obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.
  2. An upper servant in a great house. [from the 19th c]
  3. A harlot; a prostitute. [circa 1600]

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of pugilist, from Latin pugil.

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

  1. (informal) One who fights with fists; a boxer.

Etymology 4

Compare German pucken (“to thump, beat”).

Noun

pug (countable and uncountable, plural pugs)

  1. Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)
  2. A pug mill.
Verb

pug (third-person singular simple present pugs, present participle pugging, simple past and past participle pugged)

  1. (transitive) To mix and stir when wet.
  2. (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)

  1. The pawprint or footprint of an animal

Etymology 6

Probably related to puck.

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

  1. (obsolete) A term of endearment. [from the 16th c]

Results 406 Words with the letters PUG

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8 letter words with the letters PUG 
7 letter words with the letters PUG 
6 letter words with the letters PUG 
DUPING 14
EGGCUP 17
GAZUMP 24
GETUPS 12
GLUMPY 18
GROUPS 12
GRUMPS 15
GRUMPY 17
GUIMPE 15
GULPED 14
GULPER 13
GYPSUM 17
HANGUP 15
IMPUGN 16
OPPUGN 16
PIGNUS 13
PIGNUT 13
PIGOUT 12
PLAGUE 13
PLAGUY 15
PLOUGH 15
PLUNGE 14
POPGUN 16
PUGGED 15
PUGGRY 16
PUGREE 12
PUKING 17
PULING 14
PUNGLE 14
PURGED 13
PURGER 12
PURGES 12
PUTLOG 13
REPUGN 13
SPRUGS 12
SPRUNG 13
SPUING 13
SPURGE 12
UMPING 16
UNPEGS 13
UNPLUG 15
UPGAZE 21
UPGIRD 13
UPGIRT 12
UPGREW 15
UPGROW 15
UPPING 16
5 letter words with the letters PUG 
GETUP 11
GROUP 11
GRUMP 14
GULPS 12
GULPY 14
GUPPY 16
PLUGS 12
PUDGE 12
PUDGY 14
PUGGY 15
PUNGS 12
PURGE 11
SPRUG 11
UNPEG 12
4 letter words with the letters PUG 
GULP 11
PLUG 11
PUGH 12
PUGS 10
PUNG 11
3 letter words with the letters PUG 
PUG 9
2 letter words with the letters PUG 
UP 6

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