coaster vs pug

coaster

noun
  • A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country. 

  • One who succeeds while making only a minimal effort. 

  • A person who uses a sled or toboggan to slide down a slope covered with ice or snow; a sledder, a tobogganist. 

  • A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area. 

  • An itinerant person who shirks work but still seeks food and lodging; a loafer, a sundowner. 

  • A useless compact disc or DVD, such as one that was burned incorrectly or has become corrupted. 

  • A cow from the coastal part of Texas. 

  • A sailor (especially the master or pilot of a vessel) who travels only in coastal waters. 

  • A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation. 

  • A sled or toboggan. 

pug

noun
  • A bargeman. 

  • The pawprint or footprint of an animal. 

  • Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia. 

  • A harlot; a prostitute. 

  • A pug mill. 

  • A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. 

  • One who fights with fists; a boxer. 

  • Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil) 

  • An upper servant in a great house. 

verb
  • To mix and stir when wet. 

  • To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. 

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