shug

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.

• IPA^(key): /ʃʌɡ/

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shug (third-person singular simple present shugs, present participle shugging, simple past and past participle shugged)

1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.
   • 1830, Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury, The Exclusives:

     the Comtesse Leinsengen again shugged her shoulders , drew her shawl around her , and was preparing to depart

2. (UK, dialect, obsolete) To crawl; to sneak.
   • 1621, John Ford, Thomas Dekker, William Rowley, The Witch of Edmonton:

     There I'll shug in and get a noble countenance.

• “shug”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Shortening of sugar.

• sug, shoog

• IPA^(key): /ʃʊɡ/

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shug (plural shugs)

1. (countable) A term of endearment.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sweetheart

   I'll be with you in a moment, shug.

• gush, hugs