FUG


Meaning of FUG in English

I. ˈfəg noun

( -s )

Etymology: by alteration

Scotland : fog I

II. noun

( -s )

Etymology: probably alteration of fog (III)

: an odorous emanation ; especially : the stuffy atmosphere of a hot crowded poorly ventilated space

cooking and breathing soon produced a pleasant fug in the tents — J.R.Ullman

III. verb

( fugged ; fugged ; fugging ; fugs )

intransitive verb

: to loll indoors in a stuffy atmosphere

we retired … to steam and fug for fourteen long hours — Frank Hurley

transitive verb

: to make stuffy and odorous

the small tent was fugged — Walter Macken

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