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rug

[ ruhg ]

noun

  1. a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design. Compare carpet.
  2. the treated skin of an animal, used as a floor covering:

    a bear rug.

  3. Chiefly British. a piece of thick, warm cloth, used as a coverlet, lap robe, etc.
  4. Slang. toupee; hairpiece.


RUG

1

abbreviation for

  1. restricted users group
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rug

2

/ °ùʌɡ /

noun

  1. a floor covering, smaller than a carpet and made of thick wool or of other material, such as an animal skin
  2. a blanket, esp one used as a wrap or lap robe for travellers
  3. slang.
    a wig
  4. pull the rug out from under
    to betray, expose, or leave defenceless
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ°ù³Ü²µËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù³Ü²µî€ƒl¾±°ì±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rug1

1545–55; < Old Norse °ùÇ«²µ²µ wool, long hairs; compare Norwegian rugga covering of coarse wool, Swedish rugg coarse hair
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rug1

C16: from Scandinavian; compare Norwegian rugga , Swedish rugg coarse hair. See rag 1
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. cut a rug, Older Slang. to dance, especially to jitterbug.

More idioms and phrases containing rug

see pull the rug out from under ; sweep under the rug . Also see under carpet .
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Example Sentences

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Ridley insists that they examine this phenomenon further, but Elliot would prefer to brush it under the rug so as not to worry their hosts.

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Like ransomware attacks, meme coin “rug pulls†can have many victims.

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Despite her recent history of broken bones, Amos was nevertheless gamely sporting bright yellow stilettos in the Salon studio the day we chatted, as she navigated our obstacle course of cords and rugs.

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“There were brass beds in the rooms and really expensive bear rugs on the floor.â€

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In a "rug pull," coin owners sell their shares of a coin for a big profit while tanking its value for other coin holders.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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