ugg boot

/ʌɡ buːt/

noun

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

Similar
uggsuggies

Meanings

nounugg boot (plural ugg boots)

plural ugg boots

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

    Synonyms: uggs, uggies

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
uggsuggies

Origin

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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Translations

Chinese Mandarin UGG靴子
  • UGG靴子 (yū-jī-jī xuēzi)boot
Finnish lammastossu
  • lammastossuboot
Russian у́гги
  • у́гги (úggi)boot
Spanish botas ugg
  • botas uggboot
Cite this entry
APA

ugg boot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ugg%20boot

MLA

“ugg boot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ugg%20boot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ugg boot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ugg%20boot.

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