spugn.

Brit.

/spʌɡ/, U.S.

/spəɡ/, Scottish English

/spʌɡ/, Irish English

/spʌɡ/

Forms: 1800s– spug; English regional (northern) 1800s– spag, 1800s– spug; Scottish 1800s– speug Brit.

/spjʌɡ/, U.S.

/spjəɡ/, Scottish English

/spjʌɡ/, 1800s– spiug, 1800s– spug, 1800s– spyug, 1900s sp'yag, 1900s– spag, 1900s– speeugh, 1900s– speuch, 1900s– speugh, 1900s– speuk, 1900s– spewach (Nairn), 1900s– sphueg, 1900s– sphug, 1900s– spig, 1900s– spog, 1900s– spowk, 1900s– spueg, 1900s– spugh, 1900s– spuig; Irish English (northern) 1900s– spog, 1900s– spug, 1900s– spuig, 1900s– spwig, 1900s– spyug.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: sprug n., spurg n.

Etymology: Apparently a variant or alteration of either sprug n. or spurg n. (although both are first attested later), and further related to spur n.⁴ and hence ultimately to sparrow n.

Chiefly Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional.

The house sparrow. Cf. spuggy n.Sometimes also more generally: any bird (compare quot. 1999, where the bird referred to is a budgerigar).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) > genus Passer > passer domesticus (sparrow)

sparrowc725

phipc1400

Philipa1500

house sparrow1653

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spadger1862

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gutter-bird1896

sparrer1935

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Spug, a sparrow... Perhaps rather a cant term for this bird, used by children.

1879 R. Gillespie Round about Falkirk (ed. 2) 385 Whaur can my nest o' speugs hae gane?

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at Spowey) The house sparrow... Known also as spadger, spag, sprug, and spug.

1914 J. M. Hay Gillespie ix. 517 If I were a wee spug I would flee awa' frae the poliss.

1964 J. A. Lee Shiner Slattery 49 I'll have you know it's a sparrow, a common spug.

1999 C. Brookmyre One Fine Day in Middle of Night (2000) 76 His da battered him ‘for greetin' aboot a stupid fuckin' wee spyug’.

2017 @TheShelver 2 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I nearly got the elusive robin on film but the spugs scared him off!

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spug
释义	spugn. Brit. /spʌɡ/, U.S. /spəɡ/, Scottish English /spʌɡ/, Irish English /spʌɡ/ Forms: 1800s– spug; English regional (northern) 1800s– spag, 1800s– spug; Scottish 1800s– speug Brit. /spjʌɡ/, U.S. /spjəɡ/, Scottish English /spjʌɡ/, 1800s– spiug, 1800s– spug, 1800s– spyug, 1900s sp'yag, 1900s– spag, 1900s– speeugh, 1900s– speuch, 1900s– speugh, 1900s– speuk, 1900s– spewach (Nairn), 1900s– sphueg, 1900s– sphug, 1900s– spig, 1900s– spog, 1900s– spowk, 1900s– spueg, 1900s– spugh, 1900s– spuig; Irish English (northern) 1900s– spog, 1900s– spug, 1900s– spuig, 1900s– spwig, 1900s– spyug. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: sprug n., spurg n. Etymology: Apparently a variant or alteration of either sprug n. or spurg n. (although both are first attested later), and further related to spur n.⁴ and hence ultimately to sparrow n. Chiefly Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional. The house sparrow. Cf. spuggy n.Sometimes also more generally: any bird (compare quot. 1999, where the bird referred to is a budgerigar). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) > genus Passer > passer domesticus (sparrow) sparrowc725 phipc1400 Philipa1500 house sparrow1653 spug1808 sprug1815 spruggie1845 spurgie1849 spadger1862 spur1866 spuggy1874 spurg1882 gutter-bird1896 sparrer1935 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Spug, a sparrow... Perhaps rather a cant term for this bird, used by children. 1879 R. Gillespie Round about Falkirk (ed. 2) 385 Whaur can my nest o' speugs hae gane? 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at Spowey) The house sparrow... Known also as spadger, spag, sprug, and spug. 1914 J. M. Hay Gillespie ix. 517 If I were a wee spug I would flee awa' frae the poliss. 1964 J. A. Lee Shiner Slattery 49 I'll have you know it's a sparrow, a common spug. 1999 C. Brookmyre One Fine Day in Middle of Night (2000) 76 His da battered him ‘for greetin' aboot a stupid fuckin' wee spyug’. 2017 @TheShelver 2 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I nearly got the elusive robin on film but the spugs scared him off! This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1808
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