Standard Lemma guide

dug

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • dŭg
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Southern-England: /dʌɡ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /dɐɡ/
  • Northern-England: /dʊɡ/
  • homophone: Doug
  • rhymes with -ʌɡ
  • CMU ARPABET: D AH1 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A mammary gland on a domestic mammal with more than two breasts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: udder

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A woman's breast or nipple.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural, vulgar

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pap, breast, teat, tit, nipple

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Pronunciation spelling of dog.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of dig (replacing earlier digged)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

an udder or breast or teat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mammary gland, mamma

History

Etymology

From earlier dugge ("pap, teat"; compare also English dialectal ducky, dukky (“the female breast”)), apparently connected to Danish dægge (“to suckle”), Swedish dägga (“to suck”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”). More at doe. Compare also doug.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: цицка (cicka) — mammary gland on domestic mammal
  • Bulgarian: бозка (bozka) — mammary gland on domestic mammal
  • French: têton — mammary gland on domestic mammal
  • French: mamelle — mammary gland on domestic mammal
  • Spanish: teta — mammary gland on domestic mammal
  • Ottoman Turkish: امجیك (emcik) — mammary gland on domestic mammal
  • Ukrainian: дійка (dijka) — mammary gland on domestic mammal