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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.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/dʌɡ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Southern-England/dɐɡ/Australia, New-Zealand/dʊɡ/Northern-England
  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.

    in-plural
  2. A woman's breast or nipple.

    in-plural · vulgar
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/dʌɡ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Southern-England/dɐɡ/Australia, New-Zealand/dʊɡ/Northern-England
  1. simple past and past participle of dig (replacing earlier digged)

    form-of · participle · past
noun/dʌɡ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Southern-England/dɐɡ/Australia, New-Zealand/dʊɡ/Northern-England
  1. Pronunciation spelling of dog.

    alt-of · pronunciation-spelling
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