dug

¹

[ duhg ]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of dig ¹ and dig ².

dug

²

[ duhg ]

noun

1. the mamma or the nipple of a female mammal.

dug

¹

/ dʌɡ /

noun

1. a Scot word for dog

dug

²

/ dʌɡ /

noun

1. the nipple, teat, udder, or breast of a female mammal
2. a human breast, esp when old and withered

dug

³

/ dʌɡ /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of dig

Word History and Origins

Origin of dug¹

1520–30; origin obscure; perhaps < a Germanic base akin to Danish dægge, Norwegian degge, Swedish dägga to suckle

Word History and Origins

Origin of dug¹

C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish dægge to coddle, Gothic daddjan to give suck

Example Sentences

Instead, he dug in his heels, hoping voters would forgive and forget.

From Los Angeles Times

They dug through the still-hot ash and positioned themselves where the couple believed the bathroom would have been.

From Los Angeles Times

Phil Salt’s watchful 74 dug them out of a hole with Sam Curran scoring 40 and Dan Mousley impressing with his maiden ODI half-century.

From BBC

Zackary Okun Dunivin, a computational methodologist and cultural sociologist, said he dug into the data for one reason: He didn’t think the legitimacy of the 27 Club should be dismissed out of hand simply because it lacked statistical support.

From Los Angeles Times

This was a man, we learned, who was very, very firmly dug into the belief that he and only he was capable of defeating Donald Trump.

From Slate

Related Words

• bore
• bulldoze
• burrow
• clean
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• drill
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• excavate
• exhume
• go into
• gouge
• harvest
• penetrate
• scoop
• search
• shovel
• sift
• uncover
• unearth