Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To crawl; sneak.
- To shrug; writhe the body, as persons with the itch; scratch.
- A call to pigs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Prov. Eng. To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.
- intransitive verb obsolete Hence, to crawl; to sneak.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb UK, dialect, obsolete To
writhe the body so as to producefriction against one'sclothes , as do those who have theitch . - verb UK, dialect, obsolete To
crawl ; tosneak .
Etymologies
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Examples
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An even more disturbing spectre called the shug monkey, which is described by witnesses as an unholy combination of mastiff and great ape is also seen on occasion, and in recent years the forest has also been the haunt of mysterious black 'panthers'.
Signs of the Times 2009
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However most of us are still referring to the new cylon centurions, the robots (they got a redesign too) and they are pretty badass, they shug off most weapons fire and use psychological warfare on enemies (theres the good ole STOMP STOMP STOMP intimidation, and theyre referred to as butchering and mutilating corpses to scare their foes).
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Stormtroopers vs Cylons: Who wins? 2008
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She agreed that Shug is a very nice book and she even imagined and shared with me how the continuation of the story might go (it's only her imagination though) when shug grew up and she turned into a very beautiful person (innerself and pysically) and also became very close with Jack.
slayground: Shug by Jenny Han Little Willow 2006
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Then the production line, which had been moved from Delaware to Philly as part of the pork-barrel deal, was still up when the Cone of Annihilation came to stay, and so ... a shug, and he'd said, Anyway, that was the story in the papers.
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"Tea, shug," replied the boy, with an expectant grin.
Under the Great Bear Kirk Munroe 1890
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The Indians were evidently so pleased at having drawn a retort from their prisoner that he declined to gratify them further, or to speak another word, though for some time Arsenic continued to beguile him with his tiresome "Tea, shug," etc.
Under the Great Bear Kirk Munroe 1890
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"Tea, shug, more," answered the young savage, promptly, while his relatives regarded him admiringly as one who had mastered the art of conversing with foreigners.
Under the Great Bear Kirk Munroe 1890
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Ordinal numbers, (Niquí _is joined to the number: _ e.g., _first is_ shug niquí: _second_, ishcáy niquí).
The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853
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WoE gifts for the ladies includes the steel Graecyn jeans, faded Christa shug, and Lean cami tanks in absinthe green and baby pink!
Fashion World of SL Fabulously Free in SL 2010
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WoE gifts for the ladies includes the steel Graecyn jeans, faded Christa shug, and Lean cami tanks in absinthe green and baby pink!
Fashion World of SL Fabulously Free in SL 2010
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