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gug

gug noun: a cave.

Noun

gug (plural gugs)

  1. (Cornwall) A cave.
    • […] found in the Raised Beaches on the coast, or washed up into sheltered "gugs" or caves, as at the Gravel Gugs, Polzeath, where the shingle contains some 35 per cent of flint pebbles.1905, Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, page 460

Adjective capitalized: GUG

GUG (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of gay until graduation.

Forms of gug

pluralgugs

Questions about gug

What does gug mean?
Gug means a cave.
What part of speech is gug?
Gug can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of gug?
The plural of gug is gugs.

Words near gug in the dictionary

  1. guffins
  2. Guffmanesque
  3. Guffogg
  4. guffs
  5. guffs off
  6. gug
  7. guga
  8. gugal
  9. Gugark
  10. gugas
  11. gugel

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