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How to pronounce “wug”
Hear “wug” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for wug
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of wug with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- Erin McKean: Go ahead, make up new words! 6 minutes, 57 seconds
This is a wug, right?
- Definition summary
- (linguistics) An imaginary creature resembling a bird, used in the Wug Test to investigate the acquisition of the plural form in English-speaking children.
Example 1 of 1
How to pronounce wug
Erin McKean: Go ahead, make up new words! 6 minutes, 57 seconds

This is a wug, right?
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “wug”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (linguistics) An imaginary creature resembling a bird, used in the Wug Test to investigate the acquisition of the plural form in English-speaking children.
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