dug
1 Americanverb
noun
noun
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the nipple, teat, udder, or breast of a female mammal
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a human breast, esp when old and withered
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of dug
1520–30; origin obscure; perhaps < a Germanic base akin to Danish dægge, Norwegian degge, Swedish dägga to suckle
Example Sentences
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I dug my phone from my pocket to find Lorren’s name and picture on the screen.
From Literature
Calvin looked annoyed at the request, but Ella dug around in her bag and thrust a crumpled scrap of paper and the nub of a pencil into my hand.
From Literature
Jacks has repeatedly dug England from tricky situations, batting in the finisher role at number seven and filling the duties of the extra bowler behind captain Harry Brook's frontline five.
From BBC
He retrieved a backpack with water from his engine, sprayed into the ground with a couple gallons of water and dug up the dirt with his hand tool until he was satisfied it was cool.
From Los Angeles Times
Researchers dug up fossils that belonged to the Spinosaurus mirabilis -- or "hell heron", in the words of Paul Sereno, the University of Chicago palaeontologist and lead author of the research published in the journal Science.
From Barron's
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