dug
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.
