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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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
A Scottish nickname usually applied to people with the first name Hew or Hugh or other spellings of this name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
A term of endearment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Synonyms: babber, babe, precious, bae, baby, babycakes, bubba, bully, buttercup, cabbage, chickabiddy, chickadee, chuck, cupcake, cutie, dag, darling, dear, dear heart, dearest, dearie, dearling, doll, doodlebug, dove, duck, ducky, dumpling, fam, heart, heartface, heartling, heartmate, hinny, hon, honey, honey bun, honeybunch, honeybug, honeybunny, honeycakes, honeypie, jewel, jo, kidder, lambchop, lambkin, lass (archaic except UK, dialectal (chiefly Geordie, Wearside), informal or poetic), liefling, little one, love, lovebug, loveling, lovie, luvvy, m'dear, miting, moppet, mopsy, mouse, muffin, muss, old bean, old sport, pally, pet, petal, poppet, pug, pumpkin, pussums, pussy, sausage, schnookums, shug, snicklefritz, snookums, snuggums, squishy, sug, sugar, sugar baby, sugar beet, sugar-plum, sugarpie, sweet pea, sweetcheeks, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetie pie, sweets, sweetling, treasure, woobie
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verb
To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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verb
To crawl; to sneak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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History
Shortening of sugar.
From Middle English shuggen, shoggen, schoggen (“to shake, shake off, mix by shaking, tremble, shake loose from one's clothing”), probably a variant of Middle English schokken (“to move rapidly, shake, push”), from Middle Low German schocken (“to shake, tremble”). See schokken.
