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
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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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Sure, if Galliano had simply faded into obscurity or dug his heels in on his horrible comments, this would be another conversation entirely.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Joy Wiltermuth dug into the mechanics behind the decline in bond prices and rising long-term rates and professional investors’ expectations for moves that Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh can make to calm the market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Matson traces its roots to one night three years ago when, he claims, a pit bull dug under his fence and killed an ostrich as she slept.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
He blamed AI firms: “They basically dug their own grave for the problem that’s been caused for them and that’s why they got the backlash they deserve.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
He dug a vegetable garden in the rich soil at Fire Mountain’s base and planted avocados, bananas, lettuce, oranges, pineapples, strawberries, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes, and bamboo for making pipes and useful things.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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
A copious bowl of milk, new from the dugs of old Brindle, stands beside him, patiently waiting to be honored by his unscrupulous but not unfastidious taste.
From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by William Gilmore Simms
Crouching by a patient cow at daybreak in the lush field, a witch on her toadstool, her wrinkled fingers quick at the squirting dugs.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
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