Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ugg boot

/ʌɡ buːt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables: ug-g -boot
IPA: /ʌɡ buːt/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A boot made of sheepskin with the wool as the lining and the leather as the outside.

Etymology

In Australia ugg boots and variants like ug, ugh or uggs are used generically. A trademark of UGH-BOOTS was registered in 1971 but was not enforced and generic users of the terms successfully applied for its removal in 2006 (Deckers Outdoor Corporation v B&B McDougal ATMO 5 (16 January 2006)).

Inflected Forms

ugg boots (plural)

Synonyms

uggs uggies

Questions

How do you pronounce ugg boot?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌɡ buːt/.
What does ugg boot mean?: A boot made of sheepskin with the wool as the lining and the leather as the outside.
Where does ugg boot come from?: In Australia ugg boots and variants like ug, ugh or uggs are used generically. A trademark of UGH-BOOTS was registered in 1971 but was not enforced and generic users of the terms successfully applied for its removal in 2006 (Deckers Outdoor Corporation v B&B McDougal ATMO 5 (16 January 2006)).

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