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uggle

uggle verb: to make dirty.

Verb

uggle (third-person singular simple present uggles, present participle uggling, simple past and past participle uggled)

  1. (Shetland, obsolete) To make dirty.
    • Lass, doo'll ugle dy cleen cot, couldna da tooel dü—?1898 August 27, Shetland News

Synonyms of uggle

Forms of uggle

third-person singular presentuggles
present participleuggling
past participleuggled
pastuggled
alternative formaggl
alternative formugle

Origin of uggle

From Norn alka (“dirty; defile”).

Questions about uggle

What does uggle mean?
Uggle means to make dirty.
What part of speech is uggle?
Uggle is a verb.
What is the past tense of uggle?
The past tense of uggle is uggled.

Words near uggle in the dictionary

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

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