fug

pronunciation

How to pronounce fug in British English: UK [fʌg]word uk audio image

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  • Noun:
    (British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere

Word Origin

fug (n.)
"thick, close, stuffy atmosphere," 1888. "orig dial. & School slang" [OED].

Example

1. What the fug is that swill ?
2. Open the window there 's quite a fug in here .
3. He went straight to his friend to fug ask for help .
4. There is a fug in here , please open the window .
5. At the time and through a fug of cigar smoke and alcohol fumes it struck me as a curiously conservative and negative definition of the role of the historian .

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