shug

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English shuggen, shoggen, schoggen (“to shake, shake off, mix by shaking, tremble, shake loose from one's clothing”), probably a variant of Middle English schokken (“to move rapidly, shake, push”), from Middle Low German schocken (“to shake, tremble”). See schokken. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ʃʌɡ/ ==== Verb ==== shug (third-person singular simple present shugs, present participle shugging, simple past and past participle shugged) (UK, dialect, obsolete) To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch. (UK, dialect, obsolete) To crawl; to sneak. ==== References ==== “shug”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === Shortening of sugar. ==== Alternative forms ==== sug, shoog ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ʃʊɡ/ Rhymes: -ʊɡ ==== Noun ==== shug (plural shugs) (countable) A term of endearment. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sweetheart === Anagrams === gush, hugs == Scots == === Etymology === Ultimately from Old Norse [Term?]. Related to dialectal Norwegian tjukka, kjukka (“thick overcast sky”) (probably related to tjukke). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃʌɡ/ === Noun === shug (Shetland) drizzle, fine rain or mist or fog 1897 May 22, Shetland News: 1898 September 17 or 21, Shetland News: === References === Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “SHUG”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC. “shug”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Further reading === P. Jamieson (1949), Letters (in Scots), section 31: “It was coming down a "shokk a mist," and Lowrie, having taken notice of the dun land before it was blotted out, began reciting the rhymes [as aids to navigation].”