Pug

For the verb, compare German pucken ("to thump, beat").

Full definition of pug

(plural pugs)

Term of endearment (probably related to puck). from the 16th c
A bargeman. from the 16th c
A harlot; a prostitute. circa 1600
A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. from the 18th c
An upper servant in a great house. from the 19th c
The footprint of an animal. (Also pugmark) (From the Hindi for 'foot', related to Sanskrit 'padh' and Greek 'ped')
Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)
A pug mill.
(obsolete, slang) A pugilist or boxer.
(obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.
(obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain
Any geometrid moth of the genus .

(transitive) To mix and stir when wet.to pug clay for bricks or pottery
(transitive) 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.