spaug

English

Etymology

Irish Gaelic spàg - the paw or limb or claw of an animal, transferred to humans as pejorative or for club-foot

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɡ

Noun

spaug (plural spaugs)

  1. (derogatory) A foot.
    • 1922: Taking off his flat spaugs and the walk. — James Joyce, Ulysses

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish spøg.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /spøyːɣ/
  • Rhymes: -øyːɣ

Noun

spaug n (genitive singular spaugs, no plural)

  1. joking, jesting
    Synonyms: skop, gamansemi

Declension
declension of spaug
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative spaug spaugið
accusative spaug spaugið
dative spaugi spauginu
genitive spaugs spaugsins

Derived terms
  • spauga (“to joke, to jest”)
  • spaugari (“joker”)
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