shug · verb1
- Middle Low German · derived fromschocken“to shake, tremble”
- Middle English · inherited fromshuggen
- English todayshug
From Middle English shuggen, shoggen, schoggen (“to shake, shake off, mix by shaking, tremble, shake loose from one's clothing”), probably a variant of Middle English schokken (“to move rapidly, shake, push”), from Middle Low German schocken (“to shake, tremble”). See schokken.
shug · noun2
Shortening of sugar.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.