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What does pug mean?

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Noun
  1. A bargeman. [from the 16th c]
  2. 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]
  3. An upper servant in a great house. [from the 19th c]
  4. (obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.
  5. (obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain
  6. Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
Noun
  1. Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)
  2. A pug mill.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To mix and stir when wet.
  2. (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.
Noun
  1. The footprint of an animal.
Noun
  1. (obsolete, slang) A pugilist or boxer.
Noun
  1. A term of endearment.[from the 16th c]
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