Pugging

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc.
  • n. Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening.
  • adj. Thieving.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The process of mixing and working clay for bricks, etc.
  • n. In architecture, any composition laid under the boards of a floor, or on partition-walls, to prevent the transmission of sound. Also called deadening or deafening.
  • Thieving.
  • Word Usage
    "In the window is displayed a box of marbles -- glassies, commonies, and a larger browny adapted to the purpose of "pugging," by reason of the violence with which it seems to respond to the impact of your thumb."
    Variant
    deafening   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    thieving   
    Verb Stem
    pug