What is "pugh"

Pugh \Pugh\, interj. Pshaw! pish! -- a word used in contempt or disdain.

interj. (context archaic English) pshaw; pish; a word used in contempt or disdain.

Pugh is a surname, of Welsh (ap Hugh means "son of Hugh" in Welsh), German or Irish origin and may refer to:

• Alf Pugh (1869–1942), Wales international football goalkeeper
• Alun Pugh (born 1955), former Labour Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport
• Cecil Pugh (1898–1941), South African recipient of the George Cross, the only clergyman so awarded
• Charlie Pugh (1896–1951), Welsh rugby player
• Clifton Pugh (1924–1990), Australian artist
• Daniel Patrick Pugh (born 1956), sportscaster and radio personality, known professionally as "Dan Patrick"
• Danny Pugh (born 1982), English footballer
• David Pugh (disambiguation), several people
• Derek S. Pugh (born 1930), British psychologist and founder of the Aston Group
• Evan Pugh (1828–1864), first president of the Pennsylvania State University
• Gareth Pugh (born 1981), English fashion designer
• George E. Pugh (1822–1876), American politician and U.S. senator from Ohio
• Griffith Pugh (1909–1994), British mountaineer on the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition
• Gwilym Puw, sometimes anglicised as William Pugh (c. 1618-c. 1689), Welsh Catholic poet and Royalist officer
• Hugh Pugh (disambiguation)
• Isaac C. Pugh (1805–1874), Union general in the American Civil War
• James E. Pugh (born 1950), trombonist
• James L. Pugh (1820–1907), U.S. senator from Alabama, and member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War
• Jamin (Jay) and Mark Pugh, birth names of The Briscoe Brothers, professional wrestlers
• Jethro Pugh (1944-2015), former National Football League player
• Jim Pugh (born 1964), American former tennis player
• John Pugh (born 1948), UK politician
• Jonathan Pugh (born 1962), English cartoonist
• Ken Pugh (born c. 1959), American experimental psychologist
• Kenneth Pugh (rear admiral), Chilean Navy rear admiral
• Lewis Gordon Pugh (born 1969), British environmental campaigner, maritime lawyer and endurance swimmer
• Madelyn Pugh (1921–2011), writer known for her work on the television show I Love Lucy
• Marc Pugh (born 1987), English footballer
• Mallory Pugh (born 1998), American football player
• Marion Pugh (1919–1976), American football player
• Martin Pugh a British guitarist
• Max Pugh, French-English filmmaker
• Philip Pugh (1679–1760), Welsh minister
• Ralph Pugh (1910–1982), English historian
• Richie Pugh (born 1983), Welsh rugby union player
• Robert Pugh (born 1950), Welsh film and television actor
• Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950), British poet, novelist and translator
• Steve Pugh (born 1966), British comic book artist
• Steve Pugh (Louisiana politician) (born 1961), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Stuart Pugh (1929–1993), engineer, innovator, and author; inventor of the Pugh Decision-matrix method
• Tim Pugh (born 1967), former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Tom Pugh (1937–2016), English cricketer
• Tom Pugh (Minnesota politician) (born 1949), former minority leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• Will Pugh (born 1984), lead singer for pop rock group Cartel
• Willard E. Pugh (born 1959), American actor
• William Pugh, American computer scientist
• Zachary Levi Pugh (born 1980), American star of the television show Chuck

Pugh is a surname. Pugh may also refer to:

• Pugh Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Pugh Shoal, South Georgia
• 70446 Pugh, an asteroid
• Pugh House (disambiguation), various buildings on the National Register of Historic Places