noun
Meaning 1
Shade, shadow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland
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Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
Pronunciation
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skŭg
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Southern-England: /skʌɡ/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /skɐɡ/
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Northern-England: /skʊɡ/
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rhymes with -ʌɡ
noun
Meaning 2
A shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland
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noun
Meaning 3
A squirrel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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noun
Meaning 4
A lower-school or inferior boy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, slang
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verb
Meaning 5
To shelter; to protect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To hide; to take shelter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive
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History
Etymology
Scottish and Northern English from Old Norse skuggi, from Proto-Germanic *skuwwô (“shadow, reflection”). Cognate with Icelandic skuggi, Swedish skugga, Danish skygge, Old English sċūa, sċūwa (“a shade”).