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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Origin of fug

First recorded in 1885–90; originally British dialect and boarding school slang; further origin obscure; compare earlier British slang fogo “stench”

Words nearby fug

Fuentes, Fuentes, Carlos, Fuertes, Fuerteventura, fufu, fug, fugacious, fugacity, fugal, Fugard, fugato

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How to use fug in a sentence

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
Nigel had booked himself to play fug-socker with three hearty Trindogs of Trinity.
Sinister Street, vol. 2|Compton Mackenzie
All dugouts have a peculiar "fug" of their own, but these German dugouts were particularly unpleasant.
Fighting the Boche Underground|Harry Davis Trounce
Millet, called “sa′-fug,” is sowed on the surface of the earth.
The Bontoc Igorot|Albert Ernest Jenks

All others were below ground round the "fug" of their braziers.
From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917|Philip Gibbs

British Dictionary definitions for fug

fug

/ (fʌɡ) /

noun

mainly British a hot, stale, or suffocating atmosphere

Derived forms of fug

fuggy, adjective

Word Origin for fug

C19: perhaps variant of fog 1

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