pug
To fill or stop up with pug, clay, sawdust, or other material by tampingTo fill or stop up (a space) with pug (noun etymology 5, 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.
» Pugs are a kind of dog.
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10 senses(rare, transitive)To hit or punch (someone or something); also, to poke (someone or something).
(transitive)To fill or stop up (a space) with pug (noun etymology 5, 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.
(transitive)To mix and work (wet clay) until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.
to pug clay ready for shaping
(England, Scotland, Wales, Western, transitive)To pull or tug (something).
(England, Scotland, Wales, Western, intransitive)Followed by at: to pull or tug.
(British, India, obsolete, rare, transitive)To track (an animal) by following pawprints; also (by extension) to track (a person) by following footprints.
(Australia, New Zealand, archaic, transitive)Of cattle, etc.: to trample (the ground, a place, etc.) until it becomes muddy and soft; to poach.
(England, also, archaic, figuratively, regional, transitive)To pack or tamp (something) into a small space.
(England, also, archaic, figuratively, intransitive, regional)To pack or tamp into a small space.
(England, Scotland, Wales, Western, obsolete, transitive)To spoil (something) by touching too much.
Examples
6 sentencesPugs are a kind of dog.
A toad looked out of every fold in her dress, croaking like an asthmatic pug dog.
Pugs are not cute.
ruМопсы не милашки. — Ooneykcall
deMöpse sind nicht herzig. — brauchinet
The boxing match was completely one-sided, one pug was so badly mauled that his manager had to throw in the sponge.
I woke up to my Pug licking my face.
Origin
The noun is borrowed from Hindi पग (pag, “step; (less common) foot; leg”), from Old HindiThe noun is borrowed from Hindi पग (pag, “step; (less common) foot; leg”), from Old Hindi पगु (pagu), from Sanskrit पद्ग (padga), from पद् (pad, “step; foot”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step; to walk; to fall; to stumble”)) + ग (ga, stem at the ends of compounds denoting going or moving) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”)).
The origin of the verb is uncertain; it is possibly:
Origin unknown; etymology 6 sense 1.2 (“to spoil (something) by touching too much”) is possibly influenced by pug (verb, noun) (see etymology 5) or puggy.
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Forms
pugs, pugging, pugged, puggedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.