pug
noun
[ pʌɡ ]
• a dog of a dwarf breed like a bulldog with a broad flat nose and deeply wrinkled face.
• a small, slender moth which rests with its wings stretched out to the sides.
Origin:
mid 18th century: perhaps of Low German origin.
pug
verb
• work (clay) into a soft, plastic condition suitable for making bricks or pottery, without air pockets.
• "clay that has been more consistently pugged will have a finer, denser body"
• pack (a space) with pug, sawdust, or other material in order to deaden sound or make something fireproof.
• "if the ducts have to take direct routes then they must be pugged with material similar in density to the partition"
pug
noun
• pugged clay.
Origin:
early 19th century: of unknown origin.
pug
noun
• a boxer.
• "a come-from-nowhere pug gets a shot at the heavyweight title"
Origin:
mid 19th century: abbreviation of pugilist.
pug
noun
• the footprint of an animal.
• "I saw the pug marks of the tigress in the soft earth"
pug
verb
• track (an animal) by its footprints.
Origin:
mid 19th century: from Hindi pag ‘footprint’.
