ug

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see also: UG, Ug

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʌɡ/

Etymology 1

From Middle English ugge, from Old Norse uggr, related to Old Norse ógn and agi ("terror, strife, fear, punishment").

Noun

ug

1. (North England and Scotland, obsolete) A feeling of fear, horror or disgust.

   He took an ug at's meht.

2. (North England and Scotland, obsolete) An object of disgust.

   What an ug ye've myed yorsel.

3. (North England and Scotland, obsolete) Vomited matter.
4. (Northumbria) A surfeit.

Synonyms

• (fear; horror) dread, fright; see also Thesaurus:fear
• (disgust) distaste, loathsomeness, revulsion
• (object of disgust) abomination
• (vomit) chunder, sick; see also Thesaurus:vomit
• (surfeit) glut, surplus; see also Thesaurus:excess

Related terms

• ugly

Etymology 2

From Middle English uggen, from Old Norse ugga, see above.

Verb

ug (ugs, present participle ugging; simple past and past participle ugged)

1. (North England and Scotland, obsolete) To dread, loathe or disgust.
2. (North England and Scotland, obsolete) To fear, be horrified; shudder with horror.
3. (North England and Scotland, obsolete) To vomit.
4. (Northumbria, obsolete) To give a surfeit to.

Synonyms

• (feel abhorrence) abhor, loathe; see also Thesaurus:hate. Alternatively: nauseate, sicken.
• (vomit) heave, pray to the porcelain god, throw up; see also Thesaurus:regurgitate

Etymology 3

Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter µ.

Etymology 4

From Icelandic uggi.

Noun

ug (plural ugs)

1. (Caithness, Scotland) The pectoral fin of a fish.

Synonyms

• pectoral

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UG

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Noun

ug

1. Initialism of universal grammar
2. Initialism of undergraduate

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Ug

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Proper noun

1. (humorous) Popular supposed name for a caveman or other prehistoric man.

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