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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

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/ ʌɡ /

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

  • ˈܲˌ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲl adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rug1

1545–55; < Old Norse ǫ wool, long hairs; compare Norwegian rugga covering of coarse wool, Swedish rugg coarse hair
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Word 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

Idioms
  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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Colorful textured rugs in purple, blue, orange, pink and red blend with handmade pottery, art and chic glass-top coffee tables.

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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.

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In the converted barn's main room, Elizabethan ballads drifted through smoke-thick air as someone scattered chrysanthemum petals across a sheepskin rug.

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"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."

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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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