spaug
English
Etymology
From Irish spág (“the paw, limb or claw of an animal”), transferred to humans as pejorative or for club-foot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spɔːɡ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːɡ
Noun
spaug (plural spaugs)
- (derogatory, anatomy) A foot.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- Taking off his flat spaugs and the walk.
Anagrams
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spøyːɣ/
- Rhymes: -øyːɣ
Noun
spaug n (genitive singular spaugs, no plural)
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | spaug | spaugið |
| accusative | spaug | spaugið |
| dative | spaugi | spauginu |
| genitive | spaugs | spaugsins |
Derived terms
- spauga (“to joke, to jest”)
- spaugari (“joker”)