pug

A pug dog, a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.

A pug moth, often with a descriptive word: any geometrid moth of the tribe Eupitheciini, especially the genus Eupithecia; a geometer moth.

In full pug hood: a hood, sometimes with a short cloak attached, worn by women around the middle of the 18th century.

In full pug engine: a small locomotive chiefly used for shunting (“moving trains from one track to another, or carriages from one train to another”).

UKarchaicAlso used as a proper name: any of various animals, such as a ferret, hare, squirrel, or young salmon.

UKarchaicSynonym of teg (“a sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn”).

UKarchaicobsoleteAn ape, a monkey; also (by extension) a human child.

UKarchaicobsoleteA fox.

The footprint or pawprint of an animal; a pugmark.

Clay, soil, or other material which has been mixed and worked until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and thus suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.; also, any other material with a similar consistency or function, especially (Australia) auriferous (“gold-bearing”) clay.

Ellipsis of pug mill (“kind of mill for grinding, mixing, and working clay”).

Alternative letter-case form of PuG (“a group of players who are unknown to each other, grouped together to work toward a short-term goal such as completing a dungeon or a raid”).

informalClipping of pugilist (“one who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer”).

ScotlandUKarchaicThe residue left after pressing apples for cider; pomace.

ScotlandUKobsoleteOften in the plural: the husks and other refuse removed from grain by winnowing; chaff.

rareTo hit or punch (someone or something); also, to poke (someone or something).

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

AustraliaarchaicOf cattle, etc.: to trample (the ground, a place, etc.) until it becomes muddy and soft; to poach.

archaicTo pack or tamp (something) into a small space.

archaicTo pack or tamp into a small space.

ScotlandTo pull or tug (something).

ScotlandobsoleteTo spoil (something) by touching too much.

ScotlandFollowed by at: to pull or tug.

BritishIndiaobsoleterareTo track (an animal) by following pawprints; also (by extension) to track (a person) by following footprints.

Acronym of pickup group (“group of players who are unknown to each other, grouped together to work toward a short-term goal, such as completing a dungeon or a raid”).

To participate in structured content of an online game as part of a pickup group.