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Rarepug
The correct spelling is pug.
How to pronounce pug
noun
IPA: /pʌɡ/
Say it like: Pug
The correct spelling is pug. A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. For example: "to pug clay for bricks or pottery"
Usage Examples
“to pug clay for bricks or pottery”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.
- 2.A bargeman.
- 3.Chaff; the refuse of grain
- 4.Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
- 5.An elf or hobgoblin.
verb
- 1.To mix and stir when wet.
- 2.To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound.
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