uggle

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verb

To make dirty.

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besmearbesmirchdefiledirtysmirchsoilsully
OriginNorn alka →
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Meanings

verbuggle (third-person singular simple present uggles, present participle uggling, simple past and past participle uggled)

present singular third person uggles · participle present uggling · participle past uggled · past uggled · alternative aggl · alternative ugle

  1. ShetlandobsoleteTo make dirty.

    Lass, doo'll ugle dy cleen cot, couldna da tooel dü—?

    1898 August 27, Shetland News

    Synonyms: besmear, besmirch, defile, dirty, smirch, soil, sully

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make dirty.

Similar
besmearbesmirchdefiledirtysmirchsoilsully
Also see
dirty

Origin

  1. Nornalka“dirty; defile”
  2. Englishuggle

From Norn alka (“dirty; defile”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

gugelGelug
Cite this entry
APA

uggle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uggle

MLA

“uggle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uggle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uggle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uggle.

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