pogue
/poʊɡ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A kiss.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "'Sure, sure' sayes Nees, 'she does but jeast, It's not de nature of de beast; Praise dee here, mee joly rogue, And gave de [me] one litle Poge For old acquaintance, for it's dee Dat is mee only gra-ma-cree.' 'Kiss mee? Poo! Fart upon dee, Nees!'"
- "[…] He ask'd for one Pogue, she call'd him a Rogue, And struck him with her Brogue, […]"
- "Dicky […] made his best pace to a recess in a back street, there to examine his pogues; for though the uxter was gone from them, they might yet bring a few coppers from Mr Weech, if they were of good quality."
- "2002, Jonathan Shay, Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming Although he is noteworthy for the staff jobs he does for the commander in chief, Agamemnon, he's no rear-echelon pogue."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: póg, pāx
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /poʊɡ/
- British English: /pəʊɡ/