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pogue

/pəʊɡ/US/poʊɡ/

pogue noun: a kiss. Also the alternative form of POG.

Noun (1)

pogue (plural pogues)

  1. (Ireland) A kiss.
    • 'Sure, sure' sayes Nees, 'she does but jeast, It's not de nature of de beast; Praise dee here, mee joly rogue, And gave de [me] one litle Poge For old acquaintance, for it's dee Dat is mee only gra-ma-cree.' 'Kiss mee? Poo! Fart upon dee, Nees!'c1670, anonymous author, “Purgatorium Hibernicum”, in Andrew Carpenter, editor, Verse in English from Tudor and Stuart Ireland, Cork University Press, published 2003, page 416
    • […] He ask'd for one Pogue, she call'd him a Rogue, And struck him with her Brogue, […]c1707, Henry Playford, Wit and Mirth: Or, Pills to Purge Melancholy: Being a Collection of the Best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New. Fitted to All Humours, Having Each Their Proper Tune for...

Noun (2)

pogue (plural pogues)

  1. (dated, slang) A purse; hence, money.
    • Dicky […] made his best pace to a recess in a back street, there to examine his pogues; for though the uxter was gone from them, they might yet bring a few coppers from Mr Weech, if they were of good quality.1896, Arthur Morrison, A Child of the Jago
  2. (US, slang) A young, male, passive homosexual.

Proper noun capitalized: Pogue

Pogue (plural Pogues)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

pogue is also the alternative form of POG.

Antonyms of pogue

Forms of pogue

Noun
pluralpogues
Proper noun
pluralPogues

Origin of pogue

From Irish póg, from Latin pāx. Doublet of peace.

Variant of the surname Pollock influenced by Irish póg (“kiss”).

Words that rhyme with pogue

Questions about pogue

What does pogue mean?
Pogue means a kiss.
What part of speech is pogue?
Pogue can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pogue?
Pogue is pronounced /poʊɡ/ (US).
What is the plural of pogue?
The plural of pogue is pogues.

Words near pogue in the dictionary

  1. pogromshchik
  2. pogromshchiki
  3. pogromshchiks
  4. pogs
  5. Pogson
  6. pogue
  7. pogues
  8. pogy
  9. Pogăceaua
  10. poh
  11. poha

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