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Yes. The word pug is a Scrabble US word. The word pug is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

P3U1G2

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P3U1G2

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3-letter words (2 found)

GUP,PUG,

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Definitions and meaning of pug

pug

Translingual

Symbol

pug

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Phuie.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Phuie terms

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: pŭg, IPA(key): /pʌɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Etymology 1

Origin unknown, possibly related to West Flemish pugge (“(adjective) small; (noun) short person; pet name derived from the first name Pugge”); though it is uncertain whether sense 1 (“senses relating to someone or something small”) and sense 2 (“senses relating to people”) are derived from the same source.

Sense 1.8 (“small demon”) was probably influenced by, though not a variant of, puck.

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

  1. Senses relating to someone or something small.
    2. In full pug dog: a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. [from 18th c.]
      Synonyms: carlin, Chinese pug, Dutch bulldog, Dutch mastiff, mini mastiff, mops
    4. In full pug moth, often with a descriptive word: any geometrid moth of the tribe Eupitheciini, especially the genus Eupithecia; a geometer moth.
    5. (clothing, historical) In full pug hood: a hood, sometimes with a short cloak attached, worn by women around the middle of the 18th century.
    7. (rail transport) In full pug engine: a small locomotive chiefly used for shunting (“moving trains from one track to another, or carriages from one train to another”).
    8. (UK, regional, archaic) Also used as a proper name: any of various animals, such as a ferret, hare, squirrel, or young salmon.
      1. (specifically) Synonym of teg (“a sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn”).
      2. (specifically, obsolete) An ape, a monkey; also (by extension) a human child.
      3. (specifically, obsolete) A fox.
    9. (UK, regional, rare) A person or thing that is squat (“broad and short”).
    10. (US, regional) A bun or knot of hair; also, a piece of cloth or snood for holding this in place.
    12. (obsolete) A small demon; an imp, a puck, a sprite.
      Synonyms: goblin, hobgoblin
  2. Senses relating to people.
    1. (UK, historical) Chiefly used by servants: A senior or upper servant in a household. [from 19th c.]
    2. (obsolete)
      1. A mistress, or a female prostitute; also (generally, derogatory) a woman. [c. 17th c.]
        Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute, Thesaurus:woman
      2. (endearing) A term of endearment for a person, or sometimes an animal or a toy such as a doll.
      3. (nautical) A bargeman. [16th c.]
        Synonym: bargee
      4. (nautical) A cabin boy, a shipboy or ship's boy.
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Etymology 2

Acronym of pickup group.

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

  1. (online gaming) Alternative letter-case form of PuG (“a group of players who are unknown to each other, grouped together to work toward a short-term goal such as completing a dungeon or a raid”).

Etymology 3

The noun is borrowed from Hindi पग (pag, “step; (less common) foot; leg”), from Old Hindi पगु (pagu), from Sanskrit पद्ग (padga), from पद् (pad, “step; foot”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step; to walk; to fall; to stumble”)) + ग (ga, stem at the ends of compounds denoting going or moving) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”)).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

  1. (originally British India) The footprint or pawprint of an animal; a pugmark.
Derived terms
  • pugmark
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Verb

pug (third-person singular simple present pugs, present participle pugging, simple past and past participle pugged)

  1. (transitive, British India, obsolete, rare) To track (an animal) by following pawprints; also (by extension) to track (a person) by following footprints.

Etymology 4

Clipping of pugilist.

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

  1. (informal) Clipping of pugilist (“one who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer”). [from mid 19th c.]
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Etymology 5

The origin of the verb is uncertain; it is possibly:

  • related to southern Dutch puggen (“to hit hard”), German pucken (“to beat, thump”), possibly ultimately imitative; or
  • related to poke (verb).

It is also uncertain whether the various senses are derived from the same source.

The origin of the noun is also uncertain; it is probably related to the verb.

Verb

pug (third-person singular simple present pugs, present participle pugging, simple past and past participle pugged)

  1. (transitive)
    1. (rare) To hit or punch (someone or something); also, to poke (someone or something).
    2. (construction) To fill or stop up (a space) with pug (noun sense 1), clay, sawdust, or other material by tamping; (specifically) to fill in (the space between joists of a floor, a partition, etc.) with some material to deaden sound, make fireproof, etc.
    3. (construction, pottery) To mix and work (wet clay) until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.
    4. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, archaic) Of cattle, etc.: to trample (the ground, a place, etc.) until it becomes muddy and soft; to poach.
    5. (England, regional, also figurative, archaic) To pack or tamp (something) into a small space.
  2. (intransitive, England, regional, also figurative, archaic) To pack or tamp into a small space.
Derived terms
  • pugged (adjective)
  • pugging (noun)
  • puggle
Translations

Noun

pug (countable and uncountable, plural pugs) (chiefly construction, pottery)

  2. Clay, soil, or other material which has been mixed and worked until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and thus suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.; also, any other material with a similar consistency or function, especially (Australia) auriferous (“gold-bearing”) clay.
  3. Ellipsis of pug mill (“kind of mill for grinding, mixing, and working clay”).
Derived terms
  • pug and pine
  • pugger
  • puggy
  • pugmill, pug mill
  • pug soil
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Etymology 6

Origin unknown; sense 1.2 (“to spoil (something) by touching too much”) is possibly influenced by pug (verb, noun) (see etymology 5) or puggy.

Verb

pug (third-person singular simple present pugs, present participle pugging, simple past and past participle pugged) (Scotland, Wales, Western England)

  1. (transitive)
    1. To pull or tug (something).
    3. (obsolete) To spoil (something) by touching too much.
  2. (intransitive) Followed by at: to pull or tug.
Translations

Etymology 7

From Late Middle English pugge (“husk of grain”); further etymology unknown, possibly related to pug (verb) (see etymology 5). However, the latter is only attested much later.

Noun

pug (countable and uncountable, plural pugs) (UK, regional, agriculture)

  1. (Southwest England, archaic) The residue left after pressing apples for cider; pomace.
  2. (obsolete) Often in the plural: the husks and other refuse removed from grain by winnowing; chaff.
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References

Further reading

  • pick-up game on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • pug on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • pug (steam locomotive) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • pug (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Joseph Wright, editor (1903), “PUG, sb.1–6 and v.1–4”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume IV (M–Q), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, pages 639–640.
  • “pug n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
  • “pug n.2”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
  • “pug n.3”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
  • “pug n.4”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Anagrams

  • GPU, UPG, gup

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [puɡ]

Noun

pug (nominative plural pugs)

  1. slaughter, slaughtering
  2. butchery, butchering

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