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pug

pug

22 1.0
A small strong dog with a wrinkled flat face, short coat, and curled tail
  • noun
  • /pʌg/
: pug
  • Fanny notices that her aunt, Lady Bertram, is snoring in a corner with her dog, Pug, in her lap.
  • pug nose
  • pug dog
  • pug face

And not only that, but the pug is wearing a flippin headscarf.

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Examples

  • Stanky the pug is sitting in the dugout.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Grandmother Sannois pushed her two pug dogs off her lap.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • A very specific breed of dog, a pug dog, right?

  • We've come to the park today because there is a pug meet up, apparently.

  • My husband and I adopted two pugs from a rescue center and just love them.

    Blog text (10)
  • So yeah, we have Doug the pug arriving anytime soon.

  • Wen Pao, my pug, lies next to me.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • My passions, aside from my boys, my pugs, and education, are baking and quilting.

    Blog text (13)
  • At 2:31 p.m., a male, fawn-colored pug was found at Gravenstein Highway N. and Hurlbutt.

    Blog text (17)
  • At the dog park, my friend introduced me to her adorable pug, which has a charming, wrinkled face.

Compounds

1 5.1

A short, flat nose with the tip turned up

1 7.3

Having a short, flat nose that turns up slightly

How Small

Chihuahua
37 3.3
pug
22 1.0
beagle
21 1.3
Labrador
10 1.9
Great Dane
14 2.6

Surface Forms

pug singular
pugs plural

Etymology

Pug for the small dog may come from the Latin word pugnus, meaning 'fist', because its short, round face looks a bit like a little fist. That's why the name fits a dog with a flat, squashed face.