| Pug 1. (v. t.) To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc. 2. (v. t.) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging. 3. (n.) Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic. 4. (n.) A pug mill. 5. (n.) An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck. 6. (n.) A name for a monkey. 7. (n.) A name for a fox. 8. (n.) An intimate; a crony; a dear one. 9. (n.) Chaff; the refuse of grain. 10. (n.) A prostitute. 11. (n.) One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog. 12. (n.) Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia. Thesaurus Entries Chinese boxer, arch, bantamweight, black belt, blocky, boss, boxer, brown belt, bruiser, bump, chubby, chunky, clubfoot, colophon, concavity, convexity, dactylogram, dactylograph, dent, digit, dint, dog, dumpy, embossment, excrescence, extremity, fat, featherweight, fetlock, fighter, fingerprint, fisticuffer, flyweight, foot, footmark, footprint, footstep, forefoot, forepaw, fossil footprint, harefoot, heavyweight, heel, hoof, ichnite, ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention, instep, karate expert, light heavyweight, lightweight, lump, middleweight, pad, palooka, pastern, patte, paw, paw print, pawmark, pedal extremity, pedes, pes, pied, pimple, podgy, print, prizefighter, pudgy, pugged, pugilist, pugmark, retrousse, savate expert, seal, sigil, signet, snub-nosed, sole, sparrer, splayfoot, squat, squattish, squatty, stamp, step, stocky, stubbed, stubby, stud, stumpy, thickset, thumbmark, thumbprint, toe, tootsy, trotter, tubby, turned-up, ungula, vestige, welterweight |