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Definition of "pugging" []

  • The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc. (noun)
  • 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. (noun)
  • Thieving. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "pugging" in a sentence
  • "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."
  • "St. Marys operates its own licensed landfill, and before it is stored there, Schmidt explained that it is first put through a process known as "pugging" which pellitizes the CKD so that it will not blow around."
  • ""pugging," and the whole thing -- trough, shaft, and knives -- is a "pug mill.""
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