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dug

USDUG/dʌɡ/

Noun pluraldugs

4 meanings of dug

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past tense and past participle of dig. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.

    We dug a hole in the sand to build a wall around our castle.

    The dog had dug a hole under the fence by morning.

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  2. 2
    nouncountableplural
    A milk-producing part on a female animal that has more than two breasts.

    The puppies crowded around their mother's dugs to drink.

    The farmer noticed that one dug looked red and swollen.

    Similarudder

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  3. 3
    nounvulgarcountableplural
    A rude word for a woman's breast or nipple.

    The men laughed at his crude comment about the woman's dugs.

    She turned away after he stared and made a remark about her dug.

    Similarbreast, nipple, teat, tit

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  4. 4
    nounpronunciation spelling
    Pronunciation spelling of dog. Used to show how some people say the word.

    "Keep that dug out of the kitchen," Granny called from the hall.

    The old man whistled for his dug to come back inside.

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dug is a form of dig

dig, verb: To move dirt or rock out of the way, usually to make a hole. Full entry

Forms
digdigs he/she/itdigging -ing formdug past tense, past participle
Spelling
dig → dug: irregular (no -ed)

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Origin

It comes from an older word "dugge," meaning a teat or breast. It may be linked to old Danish and Swedish words meaning to suckle or suck.