pug

/pʌɡ/

noun

  1. 1

    A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.

  2. 2

    A bargeman.

  3. 3

    Chaff; the refuse of grain

  4. 4

    Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.

noun

  1. 1

    An elf or hobgoblin.

  2. 2

    An upper servant in a great house.

  3. 3

    A harlot; a prostitute.

noun

  1. 1

    One who fights with fists; a boxer.

noun

  1. 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. 2

    A pug mill.

verb

  1. 1

    To mix and stir when wet.

    to pug clay for bricks or pottery
  2. 2

    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

  1. 1

    The pawprint or footprint of an animal

Synonyms

noun

  1. 1

    A term of endearment.

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