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Rug

//ɹʌɡ// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A partial covering for a floor.
  2. 2
    short form of Rugbeian slang
  3. 3
    floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) wordnet
  4. 4
    A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket. Australia, UK

    "They then cut down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time."

  5. 5
    A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing. archaic, historical

    "They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine […] repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs."

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  1. 6
    A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze. archaic, historical
  2. 7
    A person wearing a rug. obsolete, rare
  3. 8
    A cloth covering for a horse.
  4. 9
    A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops. obsolete, rare
  5. 10
    The female pubic hair. slang
  6. 11
    A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
  7. 12
    A wig; a hairpiece. slang

    "The intervening years have been kind to Edward Fox and John Wells, who now assume the principal roles, in allowing them to keep their full complement of hair. Mr Fox shows his gratitude by using his rug as a prop, flopping it forward, Welsh-combing it back, letting it stand up on end as if from shock, while Mr Wells is content mostly to let his limply swathe his forehead."

  8. 13
    A dense growth of chest hair. colloquial
  9. 14
    Ellipsis of rughead. US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, ethnic, slang, slur

    "We're the motherfuckers be fightin' when the rugs [black prisoners] start wasting people around here."

Verb
  1. 1
    To cover with a rug. transitive

    "It stands to reason that because of the difference in climate the necessity for rugging a horse in Australia would vary considerably from that in cold countries like England […]"

  2. 2
    To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear. Scotland, archaic

    "“this was a job in the auld times o'rugging and riving through the hale country[…]”"

  3. 3
    Clipping of rug pull abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Etymology

Etymology 1

Uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin; perhaps inherited via Middle English *rugge (suggested by Middle English ruggy (“hairy, shaggy, bristly”) and rugged (“hairy, shaggy, rugged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“shagginess, tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (“long wool”), probably related to *rūhaz (“rough”), related to English rag and rough. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rugga (“coarse coverlet”), Swedish rugg (“rough entangled hair”), related to English rag and rough. Compare also Old English rȳhe (“rug, rough covering, blanket”).

Etymology 2

Uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin; perhaps inherited via Middle English *rugge (suggested by Middle English ruggy (“hairy, shaggy, bristly”) and rugged (“hairy, shaggy, rugged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“shagginess, tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (“long wool”), probably related to *rūhaz (“rough”), related to English rag and rough. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rugga (“coarse coverlet”), Swedish rugg (“rough entangled hair”), related to English rag and rough. Compare also Old English rȳhe (“rug, rough covering, blanket”).

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