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ugged

ugged is the simple past and past participle of ug.

ugged is the simple past and past participle of ugg.

Meaning of ug

Verb

ug (third-person singular simple present ugs, present participle ugging, simple past and past participle ugged)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) To dread, loathe or disgust.
    • Wha weds a cankert thriftless wife, / Weds to his days eternal strife, / For, like the Tron-Kirk bell, / She ever hammers on his lugs, / Till her an' hame at last he uggs / As the dire door o' hell!1822, Robert Wilson, “Answer to an Epistle from a Friend”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, page 71
    Synonyms:
    abhor
  2. (Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) To fear, be horrified; shudder with horror.
  3. (Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) To vomit.
    Synonyms:
    heave
  4. (Northumbria, obsolete) To give a surfeit to.

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Meaning of ugg

Verb

ugg (third-person singular simple present uggs, present participle ugging, simple past and past participle ugged)

  1. (Shetland, obsolete) To eat a light meal.

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Questions about ugged

What is ugged the simple past and past participle of?
Ugged is the simple past and past participle of ug.

Words near ugged in the dictionary

  1. UGF
  2. UGFs
  3. ugg
  4. ugg boot
  5. ugg boots
  6. ugged
  7. ugger
  8. uggers
  9. ugging
  10. uggle
  11. Ugglebarnby

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