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to strike, to kill.
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— Bluesky· May 2026
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- progue67%
(Scotland, US, archaic, transitive) To prick.
- polthogue67%
(Ireland) A blow; a smack.
- progue64%
(Scotland, US, dialect) A sharp point; a goad.
- progue64%
(Scotland, US, archaic, transitive) to goad.
- polthogue62%
A polthogue is an Irish English word for a sharp blow or smack — the kind of hit that's more emphatic than a tap but less severe than a full-on punch. The word has a satisfyingly chunky sound that almost mimics the impact it describes. Used in Ireland, especially in older or more dialectal speech, it conveys a physical strike with a faintly comic, theatrical edge. It's the sort of word an Irish granny might use to describe what she threatened to give a misbehaving child.