dug
pronunciation
How to pronounce dug in British English:
UK [dʌg]
How to pronounce dug in American English:
US [dʌɡ]
-
- Noun:
- an udder or breast or teat
Word Origin
- dug (n.)
- "animal nipple," or, contemptuously, "the human female breast," 1520s, origin obscure, related to Swedish dagga, Danish dægge "to suckle."
- dug (v.)
- past tense and past participle of dig (v.).
Example
- 1. Gold , by contrast , is simply an element dug from the ground .
- 2. To supplement rainfall , farmers mostly depend on water from wells dug on farmland .
- 3. She dug for names and numbers and shook the forensics in powerful faces .
- 4. As rosenberg dug deeper into the subterranean world of guatemalan politics he told friends that he had begun receiving threats himself .
- 5. Black recalled that mr. dicaprio dug up obscure film footage of a young hoover giving speeches and read through transcripts of his congressional testimony .