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

/ dʌɡ /

noun

1. See dog
   a Scot word for dog

dug

²

/ dʌɡ /

verb

1. See dig
   the past tense and past participle of dig

dug

³

/ dʌɡ /

noun

1. the nipple, teat, udder, or breast of a female mammal
2. a human breast, esp when old and withered

Word History and Origins

Origin of dug¹

1520–30; origin obscure; perhaps < a Germanic base akin to Danish dægge, Norwegian degge, Swedish dägga to suckle

Word History and Origins

Origin of dug¹

C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish dægge to coddle, Gothic daddjan to give suck

Example Sentences

The petroleum industry has depicted fracking as a few antiseptic drills dug on peaceful farmland.

From The Daily Beast

For years, William Schmidt single-handedly dug a tunnel through a mountain to transport his gold-rush loot.

From The Daily Beast

Occasionally someone climbed over it or crashed through it or dug under it, or made himself a glider and flew through it.

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And in Italy, the 16th-century body of an old woman was dug up in 2006 with a brick in her mouth.

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Following a storm of criticism, Franck dug in on the comparison in two further posts.

From The Daily Beast

Things looked anxious for a bit, but by this morning's dawn all are dug in, cool, confident.

From Project Gutenberg

The Elizabethan pipes were so small that now when they are dug up in Ireland the poor call them 'fairy pipes' from their tininess.

From Project Gutenberg

But what if I catch the fish by using a hired boat and a hired net, or by buying worms as bait from some one who has dug them?

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Several tons of leaden pipe were dug up in Fleet street, London, laid down 300 years before.

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And, as the spring was some little distance from there, they dug a well in the Fort, and found the water very good.

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Related Words

• bore
• bulldoze
• burrow
• clean
• discover
• dredge
• drill
• enter
• excavate
• exhume
• go into
• gouge
• harvest
• penetrate
• scoop
• search
• shovel
• sift
• uncover
• unearth