English Explanatory Dictionary

waugh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Insipid; tasteless.
verb
  1. Alternative form of waff (“to bark”).
name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. Numerous places in the United States
  3. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama.
  4. An unincorporated community in Marion Township, Boone County, Indiana.

Pronunciation

/wɔː/ /wɑ/

Word forms

waugh more waugh most waugh waughs waughing waughed

Etymology

From Middle English walh, from Old English wealg. More at wallow (“tasteless, flat”).

Derived words

Frisch–Waugh–Lovell theorem Waughesque Waughian
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