thug
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani ठग (ṭhag) / ٹھگ (ṭhag, “swindler, fraud, cheat”), further derived from Prakrit 𑀞𑀕 (ṭhaga), of uncertain origin. See there for more.
Thuggee was a network of gangs in India from the 17th century to the 19th century who robbed and murdered travellers, often by strangling and beating their victims to death. During British Imperial rule of India, many Indian words passed into common English, and by 1810 thug referred to a member of these Indian gangs. The sense was adopted more generally as "ruffian, cutthroat, and cruel robber" by 1839. Perhaps related to English thatch, deck.
Inflected forms:
form: thugs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: thugs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: thugging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: thugged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: thugged
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.
pos: noun
gloss: A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.
pos: noun
examples: They call you a land of license—free but to thug and thief.
Every summer brought the prospect of the dragonships snaking their way upriver, each vessel filled with thirty or more rapacious thugs.
I pushed up out of my chaise and headed for the miniten court. Leah handed me her thug as I walked past her.
gloss: A criminal that extorts people.
pos: noun
gloss: A person who use intimidation to coerce others.
pos: noun
gloss: One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and sacrificed their victims to her.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: One who, usually as a result of social disadvantage, has turned to committing crimes (e.g. selling drugs, robbery, assault, etc.) to make a living; a gangsta.
pos: noun
gloss: An overvigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.
pos: noun
gloss: A wooden bat used in the game of miniten, fitting around the player's hand.
pos: noun
gloss: To commit acts of thuggery, to live the life of a thug, to menace, to commit crime.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: Mr. Ingleby ascertained at the office—after threading the mazes of passage and staircase as though he expected momently to be Thugged—that his nephew had not yet come.
The report then records the arrest of the whole force of the union paper, the Victor Record, the forced resignation of many other civil officers in the Cripple Creek district who were in sympathy with the miners, […] the severe thugging of many of the well-known labor organizers,
C.C. and Company. Another story about the young American motor-cycle hoodlum gangs: raping, thugging and robbing their way along the roads.
gloss: (often with out) To appear as a thug; to dress and act in a manner reminiscent of a thug.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: I don’t thug out, but I’m not Wall Street, either. Russell Simmons and Puffy have clothes for this look in the affordable range.
Oh. Besides Allen Iverson, basketball players don’t be thugged out enough for me. I like me a roughneck.
Well, I’d like to see more positive images of black men. Ones that don’t just go on about having a big dick, thugging and bashing on some girl.
Derived words: cyberthug
rent-a-thug
Republithug
Rethuglican
thugdom
thugduggery
thugess
thugette
thuggery
thuggish
thuggism
thuggy
thugification
thug it out
thuglet
thug life
thuglike
thugness
thugocracy
thugsta
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: ауаҩы́цәгьа
roman: awajʷə́cʷgʲa
lang: Abkhaz
word: а́уаҩ ле́ишәабааԥс
roman: áwajʷ léiŝʷabaaps
lang: Afrikaans
word: rampokker
lang: Albanian
word: rrugaç
lang: Arabic
word: بَلْطَجِيّ
roman: balṭajiyy
lang: Arabic
word: بلطجي
roman: balṭagi
lang: Armenian
word: ավազակ
roman: avazak
lang: Armenian
word: մարդասպան
roman: mardaspan
lang: Avar
word: хъачагъ
roman: qxačağ
lang: Basque
word: gaizkile
lang: Belarusian
word: галаварэ́з
roman: halavaréz
lang: Belarusian
word: разбо́йнік
roman: razbójnik
lang: Belarusian
word: разбо́йніца
roman: razbójnica
lang: Belarusian
word: банды́т
roman: bandýt
lang: Belarusian
word: банды́тка
roman: bandýtka
lang: Bengali
word: ঠগ
roman: ṭhog
lang: Bengali
word: টেঁটন
roman: ṭẽṭon
lang: Bulgarian
word: главоре́з
roman: glavoréz
lang: Bulgarian
word: разбо́йник
roman: razbójnik
lang: Bulgarian
word: разбо́йничка
roman: razbójnička
lang: Bulgarian
word: разбо́йница
roman: razbójnica
lang: Bulgarian
word: банди́т
roman: bandít
lang: Bulgarian
word: банди́тка
roman: bandítka
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 惡棍 /恶棍
roman: ègùn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 暴徒
roman: bàotú
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 歹徒
roman: dǎitú
lang: Czech
word: bandita
lang: Czech
word: banditka
lang: Czech
word: gangster
lang: Czech
word: gangsterka
lang: Czech
word: hrdlořez
lang: Dutch
word: schoelie
lang: Dutch
word: schurk
lang: Esperanto
word: bandito
lang: Esperanto
word: brutulo
lang: Finnish
word: kovanaama
lang: French
word: bandit
lang: French
word: voyou
lang: French
word: casseur
lang: French
word: racaille
lang: French
word: thug
lang: French
word: coupe-jarret
lang: Georgian
word: ჩხუბისთავი
roman: čxubistavi
lang: Georgian
word: ყაჩაღი
roman: q̇ačaɣi
lang: German
word: Schurke
lang: German
word: Rowdy
lang: German
word: Schläger
lang: German
word: Randalierer
lang: Greek
word: κακοποιός
roman: kakopoiós
lang: Hebrew
word: בִּרְיוֹן
roman: biryón
lang: Hebrew
word: אִישׁ זְרוֹעַ
roman: flowerly
lang: Hindi
word: डाकू
roman: ḍākū
lang: Hindi
word: ठग
roman: ṭhag
lang: Hindi
word: टपोरी
roman: ṭaporī
lang: Hindi
word: मुस्टंडा
roman: musṭaṇḍā
lang: Hungarian
word: orgyilkos
lang: Hungarian
word: bandita
lang: Hungarian
word: gengszter
lang: Hungarian
word: huligán
lang: Hungarian
word: zsivány
lang: Irish
word: maistín
lang: Irish
word: amhas
lang: Irish
word: bithiúnach
lang: Italian
word: delinquente
lang: Italian
word: teppista
lang: Japanese
word: 凶悪犯人
roman: kyōaku hannin
lang: Japanese
word: チンピラ
roman: chinpira
lang: Japanese
word: 殺し屋
roman: goroshiya
lang: Japanese
word: サグ
roman: sagu
lang: Kannada
word: ಕೊಲೆಗಡುಕ
roman: kolegaḍuka
lang: Kannada
word: ಕೊಲೆಗಾರ
roman: kolegāra
lang: Kazakh
word: баскесер
roman: baskeser
lang: Khmer
word: តិរច្ឆាន
roman: teracchaan
lang: Khmer
word: អ្នកលេងកាប់ចាក់
roman: nĕək leing kap cak
lang: Khmer
word: យូកូង
roman: yuu koung
lang: Khmer
word: កាចកោង
roman: kaac kaong
lang: Korean
word: 폭력배
roman: pongnyeokbae
lang: Lithuanian
word: banditas
lang: Malagasy
word: jiolahy
lang: Malagasy
word: mpanendaka
lang: Mongolian
word: луйварчин
roman: lujvarčin
lang: Norman
word: poltron
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bølle
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kjeltring
lang: Occitan
word: sacamand
lang: Occitan
word: bandit
lang: Occitan
word: malfaràs
lang: Occitan
word: gusàs
lang: Ossetian
word: стъигъӕг
roman: st’iǧæg
lang: Persian
word: خلاف کار
roman: xalâf kâr
lang: Persian
word: اوباش
roman: owbâš
lang: Persian
word: اراذل
roman: arâzel
lang: Persian
word: گانگستر
roman: gângester
lang: Polish
word: zbir
lang: Polish
word: bandyta
lang: Polish
word: bandytka
lang: Polish
word: rzezimieszek
lang: Polish
word: zbój
lang: Portuguese
word: bandido
lang: Portuguese
word: facínora
lang: Portuguese
word: malfeitor
lang: Portuguese
word: capanga
lang: Russian
word: головоре́з
roman: golovoréz
lang: Russian
word: разбо́йник
roman: razbójnik
lang: Russian
word: разбо́йница
roman: razbójnica
lang: Russian
word: моло́дчик
roman: molódčik
lang: Russian
word: банди́т
roman: bandít
lang: Russian
word: банди́тка
roman: bandítka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ра́збо̄јнӣк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ра́збојница
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: rázbōjnīk
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: rázbojnica
lang: Slovak
word: hrdlorez
lang: Slovene
word: razbojnik
lang: Slovene
word: razbojnica
lang: Sotho
word: tsotsi
lang: Spanish
word: matón
lang: Spanish
word: macarra
lang: Spanish
word: rufián
lang: Swedish
word: gangster
lang: Swedish
word: bandit
lang: Swedish
word: skurk
lang: Swedish
word: bov
lang: Tamil
word: கேடி
roman: kēṭi
lang: Thai
word: นักเลงโต
roman: nák-leeng-dtoo
lang: Thai
word: นักเลง
roman: nák-leeng
lang: Turkish
word: haydut
lang: Turkish
word: eşkıya
lang: Ukrainian
word: головорі́з
roman: holovoríz
lang: Ukrainian
word: розбі́йник
roman: rozbíjnyk
lang: Ukrainian
word: розбі́йниця
roman: rozbíjnycja
lang: Ukrainian
word: банди́т
roman: bandýt
lang: Ukrainian
word: банди́тка
roman: bandýtka
lang: Ukrainian
word: горлорі́з
roman: horloríz
lang: Ukrainian
word: по́кидьок
roman: pókydʹok
lang: Ukrainian
word: поки́дьок
roman: pokýdʹok
lang: Urdu
word: ڈاکو
roman: ḍākū
lang: Urdu
word: ٹھگ
roman: ṭhag
lang: Vietnamese
word: du côn
lang: Welsh
word: llabwst
lang: Welsh
word: colbiwr
lang: Welsh
word: thyg
lang: Yiddish
word: שלעגער
roman: shleger
lang: Yiddish
word: שלאַמער
roman: shlamer