pug
Meaning
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- Senses relating to someone or something small.
- Senses relating to someone or something small.
- Senses relating to someone or something small.
- Senses relating to someone or something small.
- Senses relating to someone or something small.
- (obsolete) Senses relating to someone or something small.
- (obsolete) Senses relating to someone or something small.
- Senses relating to someone or something small.
- Senses relating to someone or something small.
- Senses relating to someone or something small.
- (obsolete) Senses relating to someone or something small.
- Senses relating to people.
- (obsolete) Senses relating to people.
- (obsolete) Senses relating to people.
- (obsolete) Senses relating to people.
- (obsolete) Senses relating to people.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/pʌɡ/
Etymology
Origin unknown, possibly related to West Flemish pugge (“(adjective) small; (noun) short person; pet name derived from the first name Pugge”); though it is uncertain whether sense 1 (“senses relating to someone or something small”) and sense 2 (“senses relating to people”) are derived from the same source. Sense 1.8 (“small demon”) was probably influenced by, though not a variant of, puck.
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