FUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fug mean? 

• FUG (noun)
  The noun FUG has 1 sense:

1. (British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere

  Familiarity information: FUG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("fug" is a kind of...):

fog; fogginess; murk; murkiness (an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Derivation:

fuggy ((British informal) poorly ventilated)