pug

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

pugs

1.
Senses relating to someone or something small.
2.
Senses relating to people.
3.
(Internet, alt of)(online gaming) 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”).
4.
(originally British India) The footprint or pawprint of an animal; a pugmark.
5.
(abbreviation, alt of, clipping, informal)Clipping of pugilist (“one who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer”).
6.
(countable, uncountable)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.
7.
(abbreviation, alt of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of pug mill (“kind of mill for grinding, mixing, and working clay”).
8.
(England, Scotland, UK, Wales, Western, archaic, countable, regional, uncountable)(Southwest England, archaic) The residue left after pressing apples for cider; pomace.
9.
(England, Scotland, UK, Wales, Western, countable, obsolete, regional, uncountable)Often in the plural: the husks and other refuse removed from grain by winnowing; chaff.

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verb

V_es/s

pugs

V_ing/Gerund

pugging

V_ed/pp

pugged

1.
(British, India, obsolete, rare, transitive)(transitive, British India, obsolete, rare) To track (an animal) by following pawprints; also (by extension) to track (a person) by following footprints.
2.
(rare, transitive)To hit or punch (someone or something); also, to poke (someone or something).
3.
(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.
4.
(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
5.
(Australia, New Zealand, archaic, transitive)Of cattle, etc.: to trample (the ground, a place, etc.) until it becomes muddy and soft; to poach.
6.
(England, also, archaic, figuratively, regional, transitive)To pack or tamp (something) into a small space.
7.
(England, also, archaic, figuratively, intransitive, regional)(intransitive, England, regional, also figurative, archaic) To pack or tamp into a small space.
8.
(England, Scotland, Wales, Western, transitive)To pull or tug (something).
9.
(England, Scotland, Wales, Western, obsolete, transitive)To spoil (something) by touching too much.
10.
(England, Scotland, Wales, Western, intransitive)Followed by at: to pull or tug.

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Origin unknown, possibly related to pugge; though it is uncertain whether sense 1 (“senses relating to someone or something small”) and sense 2 (“senses relating to people”) are derived from the same source.