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thugged

thugged is the simple past and past participle of thug.

Meaning of thug

Verb

thug (third-person singular simple present thugs, present participle thugging, simple past and past participle thugged)

  1. (informal, transitive) To commit acts of thuggery, to live the life of a thug, to menace, to commit crime.
    • Mr. Ingleby ascertained at the office—after threading the mazes of passage and staircase as though he expected momently to be Thugged—that his nephew had not yet come.1854, My Ducats and My Daughter, volume II, page 247
  2. (informal, transitive) (often with out) To appear as a thug; to dress and act in a manner reminiscent of a thug.
    • I don’t thug out, but I’m not Wall Street, either. Russell Simmons and Puffy have clothes for this look in the affordable range.2003 April, Dorian Missick, quotee, “Clothesline: Dorian Missick”, in Playboy Magazine, page 44

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What is thugged the simple past and past participle of?
Thugged is the simple past and past participle of thug.

Words near thugged in the dictionary

  1. thugees
  2. thugess
  3. thugesses
  4. thugette
  5. thugettes
  6. thugged
  7. thugged it out
  8. thugged out
  9. thuggee
  10. thuggeeism
  11. thuggees

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