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
Other Word Forms
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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
Example Sentences
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Since then, Iran has dug out the openings and resumed firing from some of the bases, analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
But, as a result, roads and streets need to be dug up.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Aghast at the ways of men, he’s dug his own Circe-like fingers into Homer to manipulate the tale into a moralistic “Oppenheimer” prequel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Since Russia’s 2022 invasion, the conflict has settled into a grinding war of attrition, with both sides deeply dug in.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
She ran to him and dug her hands into the wet soil of the lochan: he did the same.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
I saw that the old and abandoned valise contained a tabby cat at whose generous dugs six wee kittens were tugging industriously.
From The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice by Field, Eugene
Long faint streaks upon the little elevations of sand between the footmarks convinced me that it was a she dog with pendent dugs, showing that she must have had puppies not many days since.
From On the Method of Zadig by Huxley, Thomas Henry
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