sug
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom the initial letters of selling under the guise of research, especially in the market industry.
Verb
editsug (third-person singular simple present sugs, present participle sugging, simple past and past participle sugged)
- (informal) To market a product or service by means of purported market research.
Etymology 2
editShortening.
Noun
editsug (plural not attested)
- (informal) sugar; sweetheart (as a term of endearment)
- 2011, Yvette Wright, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Side of Black Women, page 124:
- “Hey, sug, let's go into the family room so we don't wake up your daddy, OK?”
- 2013, James Oseland, Giles Coren, Tamasin Day-Lewis, A Fork In The Road: Tales of Food, Pleasure and Discovery On The Road:
- She called everybody sug, as in sugar, as in, 'Listen, sug, could you get me another Manhattan?'
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editAfrikaans
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Dutch zuchten, from Middle Dutch suchten, from Old Dutch *sūfton.
Verb
editsug (present sug, present participle sugtende, past participle gesug)
- (intransitive, transitive) to sigh
Etymology 2
editFrom Dutch zucht, from Middle Dutch sucht, socht, from Old Dutch *suft (“sigh, sip”), from Proto-Germanic *suf- (“to sip”).
Noun
editsug (plural sugte, diminutive suggie)
- a sigh
Aromanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin sūgō. Compare Romanian suge, sug.
Verb
editsug first-singular present indicative (past participle suptã)
- to suck
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Latin sabūcus, variant of sambūcus. Compare Romanian soc.
Noun
editsug m
- elder, elderberry tree
Livonian
editAlternative forms
edit- (Courland) su'g
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *suku. Cognates include Finnish suku.
Noun
editsug
Declension
editsingular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
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nominative (nominatīv) | sug | sugūd |
genitive (genitīv) | sug | sugūd |
partitive (partitīv) | suggõ | sugīdi |
dative (datīv) | suggõn | sugūdõn |
instrumental (instrumentāl) | sugkõks | sugūdõks |
illative (illatīv) | suggõ | sugži |
inessive (inesīv) | sugsõ sugs |
sugši |
elative (elatīv) | sugstõ sugst |
sugšti |
Norwegian Bokmål
editVerb
editsug
- imperative of suge
Norwegian Nynorsk
editVerb
editsug
- imperative of suga
Romanian
editPronunciation
editVerb
editsug
- inflection of suge:
Somali
editVerb
editsug
- to wait
Sumerian
editRomanization
editsug
- Romanization of 𒆹 (sug)
Swedish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ʉːɡ
Noun
editsug n
- suction, sucking, "suck"
- (figuratively) craving
- sötsug
- sweet cravings
- Produkten dämpar röksuget
- The product reduces smoking cravings
- (figuratively) demand
- Det har varit ett enormt sug efter vår nya kebabsås
- There has been a huge demand ("suck") for our new kebab sauce
- Synonym: efterfrågan
- (figuratively) attraction
- ha sug i blicken
- have a gaze that draws your attention (often in a romantic or flirtatious sense), "have suck in one's gaze"
- (figuratively) craving
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | sug | sugs |
definite | suget | sugets | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editNoun
editsug c
- (usually in compounds) a device that sucks something
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | sug | sugs |
definite | sugen | sugens | |
plural | indefinite | sugar | sugars |
definite | sugarna | sugarnas |
Derived terms
editVerb
editsug
- imperative of suga
References
editVolapük
editNoun
editsug (nominative plural sugs)
Declension
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