Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

droog

/druːɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: droog
IPA: /druːɡ/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A violent young gang member or a hooligan.

Etymology

From Russian друг (drug, “friend”), in which sense it is used in the invented slang Nadsat in Anthony Burgess's dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange (1962).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: *dʰrewgʰ-, друг

Inflected Forms

droogs (plural)

Derived Forms

droogish

Questions

How do you pronounce droog?: The recorded pronunciation is /druːɡ/.
What does droog mean?: A violent young gang member or a hooligan.
Where does droog come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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