wough

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English wough (“wall”).

Noun

wough (plural woughs)

  1. (obsolete) A wall.

Etymology 2

Interjection

wough

  1. Alternative form of woof
    • 1922, Gordon Casserly, The Jungle Girl‎:
      As it scrambled swiftly over the edge it caught sight of the elephant and with a deep "wough!" charged straight at it.
    • 1884, Theodore Roosevelt, Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches‎:
      The trapper shouted and waved his cap; whereupon, to his amazement, the bear uttered a loud "wough" and charged straight down on him--only to fall a victim to misplaced boldness.
    • 1863, Various, The Children's Garland from the Best Poets‎:
      Bough wough, The watch dogs bark, Bough wough, Hark, hark!

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • wouȝ, woughe, woȝe, wouȝh, woh

Etymology

From Old English wōh; from Proto-Germanic *wanhaz.

Adjective

wough

  1. wrong, unjust, bad
  2. evil, immoral
  3. untrue, inaccurate
  4. curved, bent

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Noun

wough

  1. A wrong or unjust action
  2. A sinful or immoral action
  3. An inaccuracy or mistake
  4. depravity, moral corruption
  5. woe, misery, pain

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