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: any of a breed of small sturdy compact dogs of Asian origin with a smooth, short coat, tightly curled tail, short muzzle, and broad wrinkled face
pugged; pugging
: to work and mix (a substance, such as clay) when wet especially to make more homogeneous and easier to handle (as in throwing or molding wares)
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Noun (2)
a retired pug with battered ears and swollen knuckles
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Nichole Manna, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
Dog breeds like pugs and French and English bulldogs now have significantly altered skull shapes that result in serious, and even life-threatening, issues created by our value of aesthetics.
—New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2026
Veronica, a pug with a spiky pink collar, trudged alongside her sister Betty, a thirteen-year-old hound, in Princeton one recent wet morning.
—Gabriel Debenedetti, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
The pug made the perfect accessory.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
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Noun
His pug, Thor, lives with Brenda’s sister.
—Nichole Manna, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
Dog breeds like pugs and French and English bulldogs now have significantly altered skull shapes that result in serious, and even life-threatening, issues created by our value of aesthetics.
—New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2026
Veronica, a pug with a spiky pink collar, trudged alongside her sister Betty, a thirteen-year-old hound, in Princeton one recent wet morning.
—Gabriel Debenedetti, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
The pug made the perfect accessory.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Pug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pug. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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