What does thug mean?
Thug is a term for a violent, lawless person, especially a man. The word was originally used in the 1800s as a name for members of a group of men in India said to be professional criminals and murderers.
How do you pronounce thugs?
Is the H silent in WHIP?
The H, for the most part, is not. It is pronounced as though it were spelled “wip”. Now, there are people in some parts of the English-speaking world who pronounce these “wh” words (whip, white, when, where) such that the H is pronounced, but it sounds like it’s before the W. So it would come out like “hwip”.
Is the T silent in exactly?
When the T and D sounds come between two other consonant sounds, many Americans will drop them. But when we add the -ly ending, it now comes between two consonants. You’ll hear a lot of native speakers say ‘exactly‘, with no T sound. Exactly, exactly.