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rug
[ ruhg ]
noun
- 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.
- the treated skin of an animal, used as a floor covering:
a bear rug.
- Chiefly British. a piece of thick, warm cloth, used as a coverlet, lap robe, etc.
- Slang. toupee; hairpiece.
RUG
1abbreviation for
- restricted users group
rug
2/ ʌɡ /
noun
- a floor covering, smaller than a carpet and made of thick wool or of other material, such as an animal skin
- a blanket, esp one used as a wrap or lap robe for travellers
- slang.a wig
- pull the rug out from underto betray, expose, or leave defenceless
Derived Forms
- ˈܲˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ܲl adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of rug1
Word History and Origins
Origin of rug1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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 .Example Sentences
Colorful textured rugs in purple, blue, orange, pink and red blend with handmade pottery, art and chic glass-top coffee tables.
Comprehending the way Martin set up Ned on the page to be the triumphant hero, only to pull the rug out from under his readers, is one matter.
In the converted barn's main room, Elizabethan ballads drifted through smoke-thick air as someone scattered chrysanthemum petals across a sheepskin rug.
"About 50-60% of these rugs are exported to Pakistan, while the rest are sent to China, the USA, Turkey, France, and Russia to meet customer demand."
He would later that day learn of the tariffs announcement in real-time along with the lawmakers, prompting a tense exchange in which he was accused of having the "rug pulled out" from underneath him.
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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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