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Shug¹

proper noun

  1. A Scottish nickname usually applied to people with the first name Hew or Hugh or other spellings of this name.

shug²

  • /ʃʌɡ/

Where it comes from

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.

verb shugs · shugging · shugged

  1. 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
  2. UK, dialectal, obsolete To crawl; to sneak. There I'll shug in and get a noble countenance.

shug³

  • /ʃʊɡ/

Rhymes with -ʊɡ

Where it comes from

Shortening of sugar.

noun shugs · sug · shoog

  1. countable A term of endearment. I'll be with you in a moment, shug.

    Similar: babber, babe, precious, bae, baby, babycakes, bubba, bully, buttercup, cabbage, chickabiddy, chickadee

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@misc{shug_2026,
  title = {shug},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shug},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}