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dug

1

[ duhg ]

verb

  1. a simple past tense and past participle of dig 1 and dig 2.


dug

2

[ duhg ]

noun

  1. the mamma or the nipple of a female mammal.

dug

1

/ ʌɡ /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of dig
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dug

2

/ ʌɡ /

noun

  1. the nipple, teat, udder, or breast of a female mammal
  2. a human breast, esp when old and withered
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dug

3

/ ʌɡ /

noun

  1. a Scot word for dog
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dug1

1520–30; origin obscure; perhaps < a Germanic base akin to Danish æ, Norwegian degge, Swedish ä to suckle
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dug1

C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish æ to coddle, Gothic daddjan to give suck
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A budding palaeontologist has dug up fossils in his garden dating back 140 million years.

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Next it's a painstakingly complex procedure, lowering the elements 40 metres down into a trench dug out on the seafloor, using underwater cameras and GPS-guided equipment, to line it up with 15mm precision.

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Skarsgård makes Luthen more rumpled and prone to rage about the grave he’s dug for himself even as he preaches that fighting fascism requires radical sacrifice.

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“But he was so deeply dug in about vaccines that he wasn’t interested in listening.”

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So, the 26-year-old Japanese star dug deeper into his bag of tricks.

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