Short U

Short U is a vowel sound. It appeared in Between the Lions for three seasons.

Word Families

Short U

• ub
• uck
• ud
• uddy
• uff
• ug
• uggle
• uggy
• um
• ump
• un
• unk
• unny
• up
• us
• ust
• ut
• utton
• uzz
• uzzy

Double O as a Short U

• ood
• ook

Appearances

Pre-Season 1

• Episode 07: Touching the Moon
• Episode 12: The Chap with Caps
• Episode 13: Pandora's Box
• Episode 14: Lionel's Great Escape Trick
• Episode 15: There's a Fly in My Soup
• Episode 17: Something Fishy
• Episode 21: Sausage Nose
• Episode 28: The Fox and the Crow
• Episode 30: Be Bop
• Episode 34: Icarus's Wings
• Episode 39: Teacher's Pet
• Episode 47: The Spider and the Lie
• Episode 55: Stop That Chicken!
• Episode 65: Treats!

Seasons 1-3

• Episode 09: Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?
• Episode 18: Hug, Hug, Hug!
• Episode 23: The Lucky Duck
• Episode 26: The Roar That Makes Them Run
• Episode 29: Giants and Cubs
• Episode 32: Humph! Humph! Humph!
• Episode 44: Bug Beard
• Episode 49: But, Mama, But...
• Episode 61: Huff and Puff

Post-Season 3

• Episode 87: King Midas/The Dirty Smelly King
• Episode 94: How to Be a Good Dog/Not Afraid of Dogs
• Episode 98: The Three Legged Pot/When Jabo Jammed
• Episode 105: Stone Soup / Bee-Bim Bop!
• Episode 112: Bugs/Beetle Bop
• Episode 121: Three More Little Pigs/The Ants and the Grasshopper

Segments About Short U

Short U

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: buzz (Version 1)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: buzz (Version 2)

Fred Says: fuzz

Replaced Letter Songs: A Seafaring Bug (Version 1)

Sky: bug, buzz, fuzz

Stage: fuzzy, wuzzy, w

The Un-People vs. The Re-People: buttoned (Version 1)

Ms. Denyce Graves: sun

The Great Smartini: Muddy Bunny (Version 1)

Grubby Pup (Version 1)

Seesaw: pup, puck, duck

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Big Flying Duck (Version 1)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Big Flying Duck (Version 2)

Stage: fuzz, buzz, bug, hug

Gawain's Word: hug (Version 1)

What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Rubbed and Hugged Mutton in a Buttered Tub (Version 1)

What's Your Name?: Short U (Version 1)

The Adventures of Cliff Hanger: Cliff Hanger and the Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: thunderclap

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Big Ox (Version 1)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Big Ox (Version 2)

Tiger Words: A Trick or A Truck [trick or truck] (Version 1)

Arty Smartypants: My, Shy, Fly, Butterfly, Cry (Version 1)

Arty Smartypants: My, Shy, Fly, Butterfly, Cry (Version 2)

Sometimes Y (Version 1)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Big Flying Duck (Version 3)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Big Flying Duck (Version 4)

Sometimes Y (Version 2)

Tiger Words: A Trick or A Truck [trick or truck] (Version 2)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: rug

Gawain's Word: hug (Version 2)

Fred Says: juggle

Stage: juggle, jug, mug, muck, duck (Version 1)

Stage: juggle, jug, mug, muck, duck (Version 2)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Big Flying Duck (Version 5)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Big Flying Duck (Version 6)

Reporter Lionel with Stephon Marbury: dunk (Version 1)

Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: A Real Tomato [knuck at my door or knock at my door] (Version 1)

The Great Smartini: Muddy Bunny (Version 2)

Space: bunny, bun, but, cut, cub, cube (Version 1)

Space: bunny, bun, but, cut, cub, cube (Version 2)

Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective with Lionel Lion: knuck at the door or knock at the door

Color Patterns: fish, fib, rib, rub, tub, stub, stuff

Color Patterns: stuff, stiff, stick, slick, slip

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: mud (Version 1)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: mud (Version 2)

Fred Says: mud

Rectangular Bugs: mud, mug, bug

Arty Smartypants: Bug, But, Butter, Butterfly

The Adventures of Cliff Hanger: Cliff Hanger and the Big Flying Rug (Version 1)

Seesaw: rug, mug, muck, duck

What's Your Name?: Short U (Version 2)

What's Your Name?: Short U (Version 3)

Reporter Lionel with Stephon Marbury: dunk (Version 2)

Stage: dunk, duck, puck, pup (Version 1)

Stage: dunk, duck, puck, pup (Version 2)

Grubby Pup (Version 2)

Gawain's Word: stuck

Tiger Words: A Trick or A Truck [trick or truck] (Version 3)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: fun

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: un, fun

Robots: fun, bun, bug (Version 1)

Robots: fun, bun, bug (Version 2)

Robots: run, bun, bug (unused)

Fred Says: bug

Replaced Letter Songs: A Seafaring Bug (Version 2)

Color Patterns: bug, buck, puck (Version 1)

Color Patterns: bug, buck, puck (Version 2)

Not as Smart as a Puck (Version 1)

What's Your Name?: Short U (Version 4)

What's Your Name?: Short U (Version 5)

Johnny Consonanti and The Vowelles: up

Color Patterns: un, bun, but, button (Version 1)

Color Patterns: un, bun, but, button (Version 2)

The Un-People vs. The Re-People: buttoned (Version 2)

What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Rubbed and Hugged Mutton in a Buttered Tub (Version 2)

Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: A Real Lemon Holding a Box of Cookies [the kid walked in, not the kud walked in]

Sometimes Y (Version 3)

Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: A Real Tomato [knuck at my door or knock at my door] (Version 2)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Big Ox (Version 3)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: tub (Version 1)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: tub (Version 2)

Rectangular Bugs: tub, rug, bug, buzz

Fred Says: buzz

Color Patterns: buzz, buck, puck

Not as Smart as a Puck (Version 2)

Grubby Pup (Version 3)

Replaced Letter Songs: A Seafaring Bug (Version 3)

Gawain's Word: hug (Version 3)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: un

Silent E Word Maze: cub, cube (Version 1)

Silent E Word Maze: cub, cube (Version 2)

Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: A Real Tomato [knuck at my door or knock at my door] (Version 3)

Robots: hum, hug, rug

The Adventures of Cliff Hanger: Cliff Hanger and the Big Flying Rug (Version 2)

Vowel Boot Camp: Camp Gummy-Wummy-Cutie-Pie - cut, cute

Gawain's Word: jump (Version 1)

Replaced Letter Songs: In His Bunk (Version 1)

Seesaw: grump, rump, ump, hump, h

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: undefeated (Version 1)

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: undefeated (Version 2)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: bug (Version 1)

Rectangular Bugs: bug, jug, juggle

Gawain's Word: juggle (Version 1)

Gawain's Word: juggle (Version 2)

Fred Says: bug hug

Albrecht Roser, the Pup and the Bug (Version 1)

Dunderhead Lab with Dr. Nitwhite and Watson: Words with "un"

Robots: bun, bud, mud (Version 1)

Robots: bun, bud, mud (Version 2)

The Lone Rearranger Rewrites Again: Farmers May Enter Cafe, But They Must Leave Their Dirty Pigs In The Mud (Version 1)

Shoot the Game with Teresa Weatherspoon: jump (Version 1)

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: dud, dude

14 Karat Soul: Short U (dum dum dum) (Version 1)

Replaced Letter Songs: In His Bunk (Version 2)

Rectangular Bugs: bug, jug, jump (unused)

Get Your Mouth Moving with Fred and the Freds (Version 1)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: bug (Version 2)

Rectangular Bugs: bug, bun, bunny

The Announcer Bunny loves the word "bunny"

Construction: bunny, buggy, buddy

Mr. Bruno Kirby: buddy

14 Karat Soul: Short U (dum dum dum) (Version 2)

Fred Says: drum

The Lone Rearranger Rewrites Again: Farmers May Enter Cafe, But They Must Leave Their Dirty Pigs In The Mud (Version 2)

Gawain's Word: tug

Sky: tug, bug, bus, bust

Get Your Mouth Moving with Fred and the Freds (Version 2)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: bug (Version 3)

If You Can Read: ug (Version 1)

Albrecht Roser, the Pup and the Bug (Version 2)

14 Karat Soul: Short U (dum dum dum) (Version 3)

Stage: hum, hug, tug, tuck

Fred Says: stuck

Get Your Mouth Moving: Short U (Version 1)

Gawain's Word: jump (Version 2)

Shoot the Game with Teresa Weatherspoon: jump (Version 2)

Newton's Cradle: jump, hump, hum, yum

Little Wendy Tales: Let's Eat (Version 1)

Little Wendy Tales: Let's Eat (Version 2)

Vanessa Williams: A bunny named Gus

Little Wendy Tales: Let's Eat (Version 3)

Little Wendy Tales: Let's Eat (Version 4)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Duck with the Truck

Plane: judge, jug, juggle

Blending Bowl: jump

Play with Words with Arty Smartypants: butterfly, fly

Kids: bug, rug

Short Story Time with Arty Smartypants: Look at Me, Fly!

Notebook: pup, cup, guppy

Get Your Mouth Moving: Short U (Version 2)

Real Kids: Kids Say Words That Begin with the Letter U

CGI Letters: U

If You Can Read: ug (Version 2)

Double O as a Short U

Blending Bowl: cook

Train: wood, hood, hook, book

Double O Heaven

Fred Says: look

Different Punktuation Marks: Look. Look? Look!

The Trampolini Brothers: good, better, best