Definitions for pug

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Spelling: [puhg]

IPA: /pʌg/

Pug is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 11 anagrams from letters in pug (gpu).

Definitions for pug

noun

1. one of a breed of small, short-haired dogs having a tightly curled tail, a deeply wrinkled face, and a smooth coat that is black or silver and fawn with black markings.
2. pug nose.
3. a boxer; pugilist.
4. Also called pugmark. a footprint, especially of a game animal.

verb (used with object)

1. to knead (clay or the like) with water to make it plastic, as for brickmaking.
2. to fill or stop with clay or the like.
3. to pack or cover with mortar or the like, as to deaden sound.
4. to mix with water so as to form a paste.
5. to track (especially game) by following footprints or another spoor.

Origin of pug

First recorded in 1560-70; origin uncertain

Examples for pug

He has a pug nose and wears giglamps, and I've a suspicion that he's a fearful dude.

I leaped and frisked around the old man's legs happy as a pug on a rug.

Honest, I thought pug Peters would have a fit, she laughed so hard.

It came from the pug, which lay coiled up on the sofa, asleep.

They knew nothing of mythology; of pointed ears and pug noses and goat's feet.

A giant silk-screen of Sophia Loren hung in the background; the couple's pug nuzzled at the trio's feet.

"And we're not going to let him row, either," pug Peters said.

Then I laughed; they won't mind my getting rid of freckles and a pug nose.

The spaniel and pug (p. 182) are most liable to bronchocele.

"So you see what went when I went," the pug said, after a noisy pause.