Doug

English

Etymology

Clipping of Douglas.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dŭg, IPA(key): /dʌɡ/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Homophone: dug
  • Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Proper noun

Doug

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Douglas.
    • 1960, Muriel Spark, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, New Directions Publishing, published 1999, page 70:
      Come and have a drink,' he said, 'and my Christian name is Douglas on this side of the Rye, mind that. Dougal Douglas at Meadows Meade and Douglas Dougal a Willis's, mind. Only a formality for the insurance cards and such.'
      'I better call you Doug, and be done with it.'
    • 2020 November 11, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Georgia to conduct full by-hand count of presidential race ballots, secretary of state says”, in CNN‎[1]:
      The Georgia Republican Party and US Rep. Doug Collins, a Georgia Republican who’s leading the Trump campaign’s recount efforts in the state, on Tuesday requested a pre-certification “manual hand recount of every ballot cast within the State of Georgia” for president.

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