dug
1 Americanverb
noun
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dugs
plural
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
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Etymology
Origin of dug
1520–30; origin obscure; perhaps < a Germanic base akin to Danish dægge, Norwegian degge, Swedish dägga to suckle
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But I was interested in the fact that he accumulated so much power, and so that was the basis on which I dug in back in 2022.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
And the line was, “I had a shovel. I dug holes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Exploring the dunes at night, Raul saw many scorpions searching for prey but as temperatures rose after sunrise, the scorpion dug into the sand to escape the intense heat.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Jeffrey Bartash dug into the latest unemployment figures to describe a “low-hire, low-fire” job market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
As quick as we got the potatoes dug and the winter wheat planted and I had a little money put aside, I’d be off to the Dakotas for the harvest.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
In the state of Arizona, prison boss Carson McWilliams was also on the search for lethal dugs.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, which has played a vital role in procuring experimental dugs and vaccines.
From Reuters ● Nov. 11, 2020
Around the last stall came a shepherd bitch, lean and long, with heavy, hanging dugs.
From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
True Power was never born of brutish strength, 60Nor sweet Truth suckled at the shaggy dugs Of that old she-wolf.
From The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; With a Biographical Sketch and Notes, a Portrait and Other Illustrations by James Russell Lowell
True Power was never born of brutish Strength, Nor sweet Truth suckled at the shaggy dugs 60 Of that old she-wolf.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell
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