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dug¹ Definition

dug (dug)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

dug² Definition

dug (dug)

noun

a female animal's nipple, teat, or udder: sometimes used, vulgarly or contemptuously, of a woman's breast

Etymology: < same base as Dan daegge, to suckle, caus. of die, to suck < IE base *dhē: see female

dug Usage Examples

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • out: Approx 9 " of soil was dug out, in order to get a good solid sub soil base.

Particle object:

  • corps: Supposedly they dug up the corpses of Kurds killed by Saddam in the 80s.

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