Pronunciation Noun
pug (plural pugs)
- A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. [from the 18th c]
- Synonyms: Chinese pug, Dutch bulldog, Dutch mastiff, mini mastiff, mops, carlin, pugdog
- A bargeman. [from the 16th c]
- (obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain
- Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
pug (plural pugs)
- (obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.
- An upper servant in a great house. [from the 19th c]
- A harlot; a prostitute. [circa 1600]
pug (plural pugs)
- (informal) One who fights with fists; a boxer.
- 1988, Ken Blady, The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame (page 226)
- He never trained for his characters either: with his slurred speech and disfigured mug he usually portrayed a punch-drunk ex-pug or comic tough guy, roles in which he was a natural.
- 1988, Ken Blady, The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame (page 226)
pug
- Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)
- A pug mill.
pug (pugs, present participle pugging; past and past participle pugged)
- (transitive) To mix and stir when wet.
- to pug clay for bricks or pottery
- (transitive) 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.
pug (plural pugs)
Synonyms- pugmark
pug (plural pugs)
- (obsolete) A term of endearment. [from the 16th c]
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