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ugging

ugging is the present participle and gerund of ug.

ugging is the present participle and gerund 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 ugging

What is ugging the present participle and gerund of?
Ugging is the present participle and gerund of ug.

Words near ugging in the dictionary

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

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