"waugh" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more waugh [comparative], most waugh [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English walh, from Old English wealg. More at wallow (“tasteless, flat”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|walh}} Middle English walh, {{inh|en|ang|wealg}} Old English wealg, {{m|en|wallow|t=tasteless, flat}} wallow (“tasteless, flat”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} waugh (comparative more waugh, superlative most waugh)
  1. (dialect, Scotland and Northern England) Insipid; tasteless. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
    Sense id: en-waugh-en-adj-lx6yNrko Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: waughs [present, singular, third-person], waughing [participle, present], waughed [participle, past], waughed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} waugh (third-person singular simple present waughs, present participle waughing, simple past and past participle waughed)
  1. Alternative form of waff (“to bark”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: waff (extra: to bark)
    Sense id: en-waugh-en-verb-WwXb3Z~7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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