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pug

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pug 1  (pg)
n.
1. A small sturdy dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.
2. A pug nose.

[Origin unknown.]

pug 2  (pg)
n.
1. Clay ground and kneaded with water into a plastic consistency for forming bricks or pottery.
2. A machine for grinding and mixing clay.
tr.v. pugged, pug·ging, pugs
1. To work or knead (clay) with water.
2. To fill in with clay or mortar.
3. To make soundproof by covering or packing with clay, mortar, sawdust, or felt.

[Origin unknown.]

pug 3  (pg)
n.
A footprint, track, or trail, especially of an animal; a pugmark.

[Hindi pag, probably from Sanskrit padakam, footstep, foot, from padam; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

pug 4  (pg)
n. Slang
A fighter, especially a boxer.

[Short for pugilist, boxer.]

pug
Noun
a small dog with a smooth coat, lightly curled tail, and a short wrinkled nose [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pugpug - small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle
Canis familiaris, dog, domestic dog - a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night"
Translations
pug
n pug [pag]
a kind of small dog with a flat nose. mopshond كَلْب صَغير ذو أنْفٍ أفْطَس мопс mops, zakrslý buldog moppe der Mops ράτσα σκύλου doguillo mops پاگ mopsi carlin פָּג पग mopszli sejenis anjing kubbur (hundur) carlino ちんの一種 퍼그(발바리의 일종) mopsas mopsis anjing pug mopshond mops mops carlindogue mops мопс mopslík, zakrpatený buldog mops mops mops สุนัขพันธุ์ปั๊ก (bir cins) buldog 獅子狗,哈巴狗 мопс ايک قسم کا چھوٹا کتا chó púc


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The pug was sniffing at the fashionable world, as it passed him, with his little black muzzle, and was kept from extending his investigation by a large blue ribbon attached to his collar with an enormous rosette and held in the hand of a person seated next to Newman.
Upon his head the Scarecrow still wore the heavy crown, which had been sewed on to prevent his losing it; but the head was now so damp and limp that the weight of the gold and jewels sagged forward and crushed the painted face into a mass of wrinkles that made him look exactly like a Japanese pug dog.
I leaped and frisked around the old man's legs happy as a pug on a rug.
 
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