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Shug

//ʃʌɡ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Scottish nickname usually applied to people with the first name Hew or Hugh or other spellings of this name.
Noun
  1. 1
    A term of endearment. countable

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

Verb
  1. 1
    To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch. UK, dialectal, obsolete

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

  2. 2
    To crawl; to sneak. UK, dialectal, obsolete

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

Etymology

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.

Etymology 2

Shortening of sugar.

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