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pug

1  [puhg]
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–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.
Origin:
1560–70; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
pug⋅gi⋅ness, noun
puggish, puggy, adjective
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pug

2  [puhg]
–verb (used with object), pugged, pug⋅ging.
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.
Origin:
1800–10; orig. uncert.

pug

3  [puhg]
–noun Slang.
a boxer; pugilist.
Origin:
1855–60; short for pugilist

pug

4  [puhg] noun, verb, pugged, pug⋅ging.
–noun
1. Also called pugmark. a footprint, esp. of a game animal.
–verb (used with object)
2. to track (esp. game) by following footprints or another spoor.
Origin:
1860–65; < Hindi pag footprint
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pug 1   (pŭg)   
n.  

  1. A small sturdy dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.

  2. A pug nose.


[Origin unknown.]
pug 2   (pŭg)   
n.  

  1. Clay ground and kneaded with water into a plastic consistency for forming bricks or pottery.

  2. A machine for grinding and mixing clay.

tr.v.   pugged, pug·ging, pugs

  1. To work or knead (clay) with water.

  2. To fill in with clay or mortar.

  3. To make soundproof by covering or packing with clay, mortar, sawdust, or felt.


[Origin unknown.]
pug 3   (pŭg)   
n.  A footprint, track, or trail, especially of an animal; a pugmark.

[Hindi pag, probably from Sanskrit padakam, footstep, foot, from padam; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
pug 4   (pŭg)   
n.   Slang
A fighter, especially a boxer.

[Short for pugilist, boxer.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

pug 
1566, general term of endearment, probably related to puck (2); one of the earliest senses is "sprite, imp" (1616). The sense of "miniature dog" is from 1749; that of "monkey" is 1664. The word at various times meant "a bargeman" (1591), "a harlot" (c.1600), and "an upper servant in a great house" (1847). Pug-nose is from 1778, based on similarity to either the monkey or the dog.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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