Definitions For Scug

Verb

scugs , scugging , scugged (Northern England, Scottish, transitive) To shelter; to protect. (Northern England, Scottish, intransitive) To hide; to take shelter.

Noun

SCUG (plural SCUGs) (Northern England, Scottish) shade, shade, shadow. (Northern England, Scottish) A shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill). (dialectal) A squirrel. (dated, slang) A lower-school or inferior boy.

Alternative forms

skug scoug, skoog {{qualifier, Scotland}}

Etymology

From {{bor, en, sco-osc, scoug}}, from {{der, en, non, skuggi}}, from {{der, en, gem-pro, *skuwwô, t=shadow, reflection}}. Cognate with {{cog, is, skuggi}}, {{cog, sv, skugga}}, {{cog, da, skygge}}, {{cog, ang, sċūa}}, sċūwa, t=a shade.