dug
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 5
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 3
Definition of dug
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of dig (replacing earlier digged)
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verb
- (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of dig (replacing earlier digged)
noun
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(in-plural)A mammary gland on a domestic mammal with more than two breasts.
“Horatio: This Lapvving runs avvay vvith the ſshell on his head. Hamlet: He did complie with his Dugge before hee ſuck't it: […]”
“First Pig. I suck, but no milk will come from the dug.”
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(in-plural, vulgar)A woman's breast or nipple.
“Ah! that Deceit ſhould ſteale ſuch gentle ſhape, And vvith a vertuous Vizor hide deepe vice. He is my ſonne, I, and therein my ſhame, Yet from my dugges, he drew not this deceit”
- (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling)Pronunciation spelling of dog.
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Etymology
From earlier dugge ("pap, teat"; compare also English dialectal ducky, dukky (“the female breast”)), apparently connected to Danish dægge (“to suckle”), Swedish dägga (“to suck”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”). More at doe. Compare also doug.
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