name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
pogue
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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General-American: /poʊɡ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /pəʊɡ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -əʊɡ
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CMU ARPABET: P OW1 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A kiss.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland
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noun
Meaning 3
A purse; hence, money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, slang
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noun
Meaning 4
A young, male, passive homosexual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
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noun
Meaning 5
Alternative form of POG (“non-infantry member of the military”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, alt-of, alternative, slang
Topics: government, military, politics, war
Examples
- 2002, Jonathan Shay, Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming Although he is noteworthy for the staff jobs he does for the commander in chief, Agamemnon, he's no rear-echelon pogue.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: grunt
History
Etymology
From Irish póg, from Latin pāx. Doublet of peace.