Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, informal, uncountable)A heavy, musty, stuffy, or unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a crowded or poorly ventilated area.

    Muff

    духота́duxotá, спёртый воздухspjórtyj vozdux

    духотаduxota, задухаzaduxa

  2. (countable, figuratively)A state of chaos or confusion; a daze.

  3. Euphemistic form of fuck.

    (singular, singular only)Preceded by the: used as an intensifier.

  4. Something of little value.

  5. A contemptible person.

  6. (slang)A cigarette.

More definitions
  • (British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere

Translations

3 languages
Українська
heavy, musty, stuffy, or unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a crowded or poorly ventilated area:
Русский
heavy, musty, stuffy, or unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a crowded or poorly ventilated area:
Deutsch
heavy, musty, stuffy, or unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a crowded or poorly ventilated area:

Origin

The origin of the noun is unknown; originally dialectal and school slang, it is possibly d

The origin of the noun is unknown; originally dialectal and school slang, it is possibly derived from or related to one of the following:

A variant of fuck.

A variant of fag (“(Australia, Ireland, UK) cigarette”).

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Forms

plural: fugs
Singularfug
Pluralfugs

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedfuggy
Derivedfugged

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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