pug

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

1. A bargeman. [from the 16th c]
2. 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]

   Synonyms: Chinese pug, Dutch bulldog, Dutch mastiff, mini mastiff, mops, carlin, pugdog

3. (obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain

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4. Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

1. (obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.

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2. An upper servant in a great house. [from the 19th c]
3. A harlot; a prostitute. [circa 1600]

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Noun

pug (plural pugs)

1. One who fights with fists; a boxer

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.

   to pug clay for bricks or pottery

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.

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

1. The footprint of an animal.

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

1. (obsolete, slang) A pugilist or boxer.

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

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

Declension

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