Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spug

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spug
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"Birds on the ground. Birds of different varieties. Crows and gulls and spugs."

Etymology

Apparently an alteration of sprug, spurg.

Inflected Forms

spugs (plural)

Derived Forms

spuggy

Questions

What does spug mean?: A sparrow.
Where does spug come from?: Apparently an alteration of sprug, spurg.

How to pronounce spug

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