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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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
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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
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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
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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