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dug¹

  • /dʌɡ/ US, UK, Southern England
  • /dɐɡ/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /dʊɡ/ Northern England

Sounds like Doug · Rhymes with -ʌɡ

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of dig (replacing earlier digged)

dug²

  • /dʌɡ/ US, UK, Southern England
  • /dɐɡ/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /dʊɡ/ Northern England

Sounds like Doug · Rhymes with -ʌɡ

Where it comes from

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.

noun dugs

  1. in plural A mammary gland on a domestic mammal with more than two breasts, mostly used to refer to the nipples of non-ruminants and non-primates. Horatio: This Lapvving runs avvay vvith the ſshell on his head. Hamlet: He did complie with his Dugge before hee ſuck't it: […]

    Similar: udder

  2. 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

    Similar: pap, breast, teat, tit, nipple

dug³

  • /dʌɡ/ US, UK, Southern England
  • /dɐɡ/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /dʊɡ/ Northern England

Sounds like Doug · Rhymes with -ʌɡ

noun dugs

  1. pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of dog

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: found, loved, bored, ready, sign, doug, burrowed, deepened, digged, drilled, gouged, increased, inspected, liked, scoured, searched

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noun mammary gland on domestic mammal

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Françaistêton, mamelle

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Chicago

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@misc{dug_2026,
  title = {dug},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dug},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}