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skug

skug is the alternative form of scug.

Meaning of scug

Noun

scug (plural scugs)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) Shade, shadow.
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) A shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill).
    • We was jickering along […] under the scug o' the hill.1897, Outlaws, Hamilton, page 156
  3. (dialectal) A squirrel.
    • "Let's go scug-hunting" is a common phrase. […] a stick with a leaden head, used for knocking down birds and scugs (squirrels).1883, Alfred Easther, A Glossary of the Dialect of Almondbury and Huddersfield, page 78
  4. (dated, slang) A lower-school or inferior boy.
    • […] before the lower school scugs got there, and pitched it in at Acropolis.1865, Bracebridge Hemyng, Butler Burke at Eton, page 75

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Forms of skug

Noun
pluralskugs
Verb
third-person singular presentskugs
present participleskugging
past participleskugged
pastskugged

Questions about skug

What is skug the alternative form of?
Skug is the alternative form of scug.

Words near skug in the dictionary

  1. skue
  2. skued
  3. skues
  4. skufia
  5. skufias
  6. skug
  7. skugged
  8. skuggery
  9. skugging
  10. skugs
  11. skuil

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