pug

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   Senses relating to someone or something small: In full pug dog: a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.
2. 2
   Senses relating to someone or something small: In full pug moth, often with a descriptive word: any geometrid moth of the tribe Eupitheciini, especially the genus Eupithecia; a geometer moth.
3. 3
   Senses relating to someone or something small: In full pug hood: a hood, sometimes with a short cloak attached, worn by women around the middle of the 18th century.
4. 4
   Senses relating to someone or something small: In full pug engine: a small locomotive chiefly used for shunting (“moving trains from one track to another, or carriages from one train to another”).
5. 5
   Senses relating to someone or something small: Also used as a proper name: any of various animals, such as a ferret, hare, squirrel, or young salmon.
6. 6
   Also used as a proper name: any of various animals, such as a ferret, hare, squirrel, or young salmon: Synonym of teg (“a sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn”).
7. 7
   Also used as a proper name: any of various animals, such as a ferret, hare, squirrel, or young salmon: An ape, a monkey; also (by extension) a human child.
8. 8
   Also used as a proper name: any of various animals, such as a ferret, hare, squirrel, or young salmon: A fox.
9. 9
   Senses relating to someone or something small: A person or thing that is squat (“broad and short”).
10. 10
    Senses relating to someone or something small: A bun or knot of hair; also, a piece of cloth or snood for holding this in place.
11. 11
    Senses relating to someone or something small: A small demon; an imp, a puck, a sprite.
12. 12
    Senses relating to people: Chiefly used by servants: A senior or upper servant in a household.
13. 13
    Senses relating to people: A mistress, or a female prostitute; also (generally, derogatory) a woman.
14. 14
    Senses relating to people: A term of endearment for a person, or sometimes an animal or a toy such as a doll.
15. 15
    Senses relating to people: A bargeman.
16. 16
    Senses relating to people: A cabin boy, a shipboy or ship's boy.
17. 17
    Alternative letter-case form of PuG (“a group of players who are unknown to each other, grouped together to work toward a short-term goal such as completing a dungeon or a raid”).
18. 18
    The footprint or pawprint of an animal; a pugmark.
19. 19
    Clipping of pugilist (“one who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer”).
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    Clay, soil, or other material which has been mixed and worked until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and thus suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.; also, any other material with a similar consistency or function, especially (Australia) auriferous (“gold-bearing”) clay.
21. 21
    Ellipsis of pug mill (“kind of mill for grinding, mixing, and working clay”).
22. 22
    The residue left after pressing apples for cider; pomace.
23. 23
    Often in the plural: the husks and other refuse removed from grain by winnowing; chaff.
24. 24
    Acronym of pickup group (“group of players who are unknown to each other, grouped together to work toward a short-term goal, such as completing a dungeon or a raid”).

Verb

1. 1
   To track (an animal) by following pawprints; also (by extension) to track (a person) by following footprints.
2. 2
   To hit or punch (someone or something); also, to poke (someone or something).
3. 3
   To fill or stop up (a space) with pug (noun sense 1), clay, sawdust, or other material by tamping; (specifically) to fill in (the space between joists of a floor, a partition, etc.) with some material to deaden sound, make fireproof, etc.
4. 4
   To mix and work (wet clay) until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.
5. 5
   Of cattle, etc.: to trample (the ground, a place, etc.) until it becomes muddy and soft; to poach.
6. 6
   To pack or tamp (something) into a small space.
7. 7
   To pack or tamp into a small space.
8. 8
   To pull or tug (something).
9. 9
   To spoil (something) by touching too much.
10. 10
    Followed by at: to pull or tug.
11. 11
    To participate in structured content of an online game as part of a pickup group.