pug
/pʌɡ/ verb C2- To fill or stop up (a space) with pug (noun etymology 5, noun sense 1), clay, sawdust, or other material by tamping; (specifically) to fill in (the space between joists of a floor, a partition, etc.) with some material to deaden sound, make fireproof, etc.
- To mix and work (wet clay) until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc. · to pug clay ready for shaping
He/she/it pugs · Past pugged · Past participle pugged · -ing form pugging
Verb forms
- Base form
- pug
- He/she/it
- pugs
- Past
- pugged
- Past participle
- pugged
- -ing form
- pugging
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“Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough to change a man’s nose from a Roman to a pug.”
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