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dug

1 American  
[duhg] / dʌg /

verb

  1. a simple past tense and past participle of dig and dig.

dug 2 American  
[duhg] / dʌg /

noun

  1. the mamma or the nipple of a female mammal.

dug 1 British  
/ dʌɡ /

noun

  1. the nipple, teat, udder, or breast of a female mammal

  2. a human breast, esp when old and withered

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dug 2 British  
/ dʌɡ /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of dig

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dug 3 British  
/ dʌɡ /

noun

  1. a Scot word for dog

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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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Sharp indies such as Sabar Bonda and Songs of Forgotten Trees dug into complex social and political layers and told sensitive stories of relationships.

From BBC

Employees bought a few boxes, cooked up the gooey meals in a corporate kitchen and dug in.

From The Wall Street Journal

"You saw this big hole being dug, the big tunnels going out under the sea, you saw these big steel spheres being constructed by the welders at the time," he said.

From BBC

I even dug up my old copy of “The Artist’s Way,” how’s that for effort?

From The Wall Street Journal

World War I was a symmetrical war, almost equal size forces dug into trenches.

From The Wall Street Journal

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