"ug" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʌɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ug.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ugs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌɡ Etymology: From Middle English ugge, from Old Norse uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”), related to Old Norse ógn (“terror, threat, dispute”) and agi (“terror, strife, fear, punishment”). More at awe. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ugge}} Middle English ugge, {{der|en|non|uggr||fear, apprehension, dread}} Old Norse uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”), {{cog|non|ógn||terror, threat, dispute}} Old Norse ógn (“terror, threat, dispute”), {{m|non|agi||terror, strife, fear, punishment}} agi (“terror, strife, fear, punishment”), {{l|en|awe}} awe Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ug (countable and uncountable, plural ugs)
  1. (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) A feeling of fear, horror or disgust. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable Synonyms (fear; horror): dread
    Sense id: en-ug-en-noun-kVgOfjXW Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English Disambiguation of 'fear; horror': 100 0 0 0
  2. (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) An object of disgust. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable Synonyms (disgust): distaste, loathsomeness, revulsion Synonyms (object of disgust): abomination
    Sense id: en-ug-en-noun-KtSp5gpr Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English Disambiguation of 'disgust': 36 51 4 10 Disambiguation of 'object of disgust': 13 81 2 4
  3. (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) Vomited matter. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable Synonyms (vomit): chunder
    Sense id: en-ug-en-noun-Rx2ZKrZ7 Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English Disambiguation of 'vomit': 23 13 55 8
  4. (Northumbria) A surfeit. Tags: Northumbria, countable, uncountable Synonyms (surfeit): glut
    Sense id: en-ug-en-noun-Pv~smrWd Categories (other): Northumbrian English Disambiguation of 'surfeit': 3 4 4 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fright, fear, sick, vomit, surplus, excess, ugg, oug Derived forms: ugfou, uggin, ugsome, ugsomely, ugsomeness Related terms: ugly
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ʌɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ug.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ugs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌɡ Etymology: From Icelandic uggi (“fin”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|is|uggi||fin}} Icelandic uggi (“fin”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ug (plural ugs)
  1. (Caithness, Scotland) The pectoral fin of a fish. Tags: Caithness, Scotland Categories (topical): Symbols for SI units Synonyms: pectoral
    Sense id: en-ug-en-noun-4Vz1T7Nn Disambiguation of Symbols for SI units: 9 10 12 4 28 4 11 8 12 2 Categories (other): Caithness English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 10 14 4 25 3 11 10 14 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 9 14 3 27 4 10 9 13 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Symbol

IPA: /ʌɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ug.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ʌɡ Etymology: Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter µ. Head templates: {{head|en|symbol}} ug
  1. Alternative spelling of µg Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: µg
    Sense id: en-ug-en-symbol-6yEi1y7B Categories (other): English symbols
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ʌɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ug.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ugs [present, singular, third-person], ugging [participle, present], ugged [participle, past], ugged [past]
Rhymes: -ʌɡ Etymology: From Middle English uggen, from Old Norse ugga (“to fear”), see above. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|uggen}} Middle English uggen, {{der|en|non|ugga||to fear}} Old Norse ugga (“to fear”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} ug (third-person singular simple present ugs, present participle ugging, simple past and past participle ugged)
  1. (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) To dread, loathe or disgust. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete Synonyms (feel abhorrence): abhor
    Sense id: en-ug-en-verb-ex7BMHmx Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English Disambiguation of 'feel abhorrence': 46 28 20 6
  2. (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) To fear, be horrified; shudder with horror. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete
    Sense id: en-ug-en-verb-U1LaNENX Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English
  3. (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) To vomit. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete Synonyms (vomit): heave
    Sense id: en-ug-en-verb-ndNoz1AC Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English Disambiguation of 'vomit': 6 2 92 1
  4. (Northumbria, obsolete) To give a surfeit to. Tags: Northumbria, obsolete
    Sense id: en-ug-en-verb-UTuHnNPR Categories (other): Northumbrian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ugg, oug, loathe, hate. Alternatively: nauseate, sicken, pray to the porcelain god, throw up, regurgitate
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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