pug
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/pʌɡ/
English
Definitions
noun
- A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.
- A bargeman.
- Chaff; the refuse of grain
- Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
noun
- An elf or hobgoblin.
- An upper servant in a great house.
- A harlot; a prostitute.
noun
- One who fights with fists; a boxer.
noun
- 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
- To mix and stir when wet.“to pug clay for bricks or pottery”
- 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.
noun
- The pawprint or footprint of an animal
noun
- A term of endearment.
Related words
Synonyms
Chinese pugDutch bulldogDutch mastiffcarlinmini mastiffmopspugdogfairygoblinpuckpugmarkpug-dogpug nosepugglepugnosepekepibblepugil