Doug

English

Etymology

Clipping of Douglas.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: dŭg, IPA(key): /dʌɡ/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Homophone: dug
  • Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Proper noun

Doug

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Douglas.
    • 1960, Muriel Spark, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, New Directions Publishing, published 1999, page 70:
      Come and have a drink,' he said, 'and my Christian name is Douglas on this side of the Rye, mind that. Dougal Douglas at Meadows Meade and Douglas Dougal a Willis's, mind. Only a formality for the insurance cards and such.'
      'I better call you Doug, and be done with it.'

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