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fug

[ fuhg ]
/ fʌg /
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noun

stale air, especially the humid, warm, ill-smelling air of a crowded room, kitchen, etc.

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Nearby words

fuentes, carlos, fuertes, fuertes, louis agassiz, fuerteventura, fufu, fug, fugacious, fugaciously, fugacity, fugal, fugally

Origin of fug

1885–90; of obscure origin; compare earlier British slang fogo stench
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Examples from the Web for fug

  • All dugouts have a peculiar "fug" of their own, but these German dugouts were particularly unpleasant.

    Fighting the Boche Underground|Harry Davis Trounce

  • All others were below ground round the "fug" of their braziers.

    From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917|Philip Gibbs

  • The draughtiness and civilization of the new huts compared with the "fug" of the tents all combined to give us chills!

    Fanny Goes to War|Pat Beauchamp

British Dictionary definitions for fug

fug

/ (fʌɡ) /

noun

mainly British a hot, stale, or suffocating atmosphere
Derived Formsfuggy, adjective

Word Origin for fug

C19: perhaps variant of fog 1
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for fug

fug

n.

"thick, close, stuffy atmosphere," 1888.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper