dug
1 Americanverb
noun
noun
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the nipple, teat, udder, or breast of a female mammal
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a human breast, esp when old and withered
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of dug
1520–30; origin obscure; perhaps < a Germanic base akin to Danish dægge, Norwegian degge, Swedish dägga to suckle
Example Sentences
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She stood up and dug her knuckles into her lower back.
From Literature
The three of us are sitting at the end of the dock on an old, unzipped sleeping bag that Nate dug out of the rafters of the shop.
From Literature
She dug her fingers into the moss, plucked out another pebble, and tossed it in the river.
From Literature
While we’ve still got a few decades before the Jetson family is meant to arrive, I dug into some of the show’s technological hallmarks and determined how close we already are.
However, they are typically more expensive and less commonly used, as they require either a deep bore hole or a large horizontal system dug into the ground.
From BBC
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