shug
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 4
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Definition of shug
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
name
- A Scottish nickname usually applied to people with the first name Hew or Hugh or other spellings of this name.
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name
- A Scottish nickname usually applied to people with the first name Hew or Hugh or other spellings of this name.
verb
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(UK, dialectal, obsolete)To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.
“the Comtesse Leinsengen again shugged her shoulders , drew her shawl around her , and was preparing to depart”
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(UK, dialectal, obsolete)To crawl; to sneak.
“There I'll shug in and get a noble countenance.”
noun
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(countable)A term of endearment.
“I'll be with you in a moment, shug.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English shuggen, shoggen, schoggen (“to shake, shake off, mix by shaking, tremble, shake loose from one's clothing”), probably a variant of Middle English schokken (“to move rapidly, shake, push”), from Middle Low German schocken (“to shake, tremble”). See schokken.
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