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Meaning of 'pug' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pug [ n.]
- Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.
- A pug mill.
- An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck.
- A name for a monkey.
- A name for a fox.
- An intimate; a crony; a dear one.
- Chaff; the refuse of grain.
- A prostitute.
- One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.
- Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
2 . Pug [ v. t.]
- To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.
- To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2.

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pug nose pug-faced pugged pugger puggered pugging pugh pugil pugilism pugilist

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