dug
verbnounnouncommon in dialogue
- United States//dʌɡ//
- Australia//dɐɡ//
- //dʊɡ//
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.
verb
- 1
Also a form of digsimple past and past participle of dig (replacing earlier digged)
noun
- 1
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.
(mostly used to refer to the nipples of ruminants)
Horatio: This Lapvving runs avvay vvith the ſshell on his head. Hamlet: He did complie with his Dugge before hee ſuck't it: […]
First Pig. I suck, but no milk will come from the dug.
- 2
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
Etymology
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
- 1
Variant of dogPronunciation spelling of dog.
Forms
- plural
- dugs
dug · 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.
duh · A disdainful indication that something is obvious.duke · The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).Duke · The title of a duke.