PUG (pugged, pugging)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected forms: pugged    , pugging   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does pug mean? 

• PUG (noun)
  The noun PUG has 1 sense:

1. small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle

  Familiarity information: PUG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pug; pug-dog

Hypernyms ("pug" is a kind of...):

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)

 Context examples 

“I hope she will not tease my poor pug,” said Lady Bertram; “I have but just got Julia to leave it alone.”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The English Toy Spaniel is a small, square spaniel with a deep, pug nose.

(English Toy Spaniel, NCI Thesaurus)

The French Bulldog is a sturdy bulldog with large, erect, rounded, bat ears, a flat muzzle and a pug nose.

(French Bulldog, NCI Thesaurus)

Sometimes he thought of Judge Miller’s big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley, and of the cement swimming-tank, and Ysabel, the Mexican hairless, and Toots, the Japanese pug; but oftener he remembered the man in the red sweater, the death of Curly, the great fight with Spitz, and the good things he had eaten or would like to eat.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

She was a woman who spent her days in sitting, nicely dressed, on a sofa, doing some long piece of needlework, of little use and no beauty, thinking more of her pug than her children, but very indulgent to the latter when it did not put herself to inconvenience, guided in everything important by Sir Thomas, and in smaller concerns by her sister.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

They came and went, resided in the populous kennels, or lived obscurely in the recesses of the house after the fashion of Toots, the Japanese pug, or Ysabel, the Mexican hairless,—strange creatures that rarely put nose out of doors or set foot to ground.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

In vain were the well-meant condescensions of Sir Thomas, and all the officious prognostications of Mrs. Norris that she would be a good girl; in vain did Lady Bertram smile and make her sit on the sofa with herself and pug, and vain was even the sight of a gooseberry tart towards giving her comfort; she could scarcely swallow two mouthfuls before tears interrupted her, and sleep seeming to be her likeliest friend, she was taken to finish her sorrows in bed.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)