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

rug

²

/ rʌɡ /

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

Derived Forms

• ˈrugˌlike, adjective

Other Words From

• ruglike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rug¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rug¹

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

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 .

Example Sentences

The “24-hour news cycle” just makes them harder to sweep under the rug and ignore.

From The Daily Beast

“I had to lie on a huge, fur rug and have a nightmare,” Prince Charles told his biographer, Jonathan Dimbleby.

From The Daily Beast

Or, to put it more accurately: conflict is inevitably swept under the rug, at any and all costs.

From The Daily Beast

A barefoot corpse in camouflaged khakis is being carried into the street, partially wrapped in rug, as I enter the house.

From The Daily Beast

That is, until he ditches the crutches and really cuts a rug, to the delight of everyone looking on.

From The Daily Beast

The motherly woman received the babe instinctively and cast aside the travelling-rug in which he was enveloped.

From Project Gutenberg

Though she was warmly wrapped in a soft rug of silvery fur, a chill crept into her heart.

From Project Gutenberg

When Yung Pak ate his meals, he sat upon a rug on the floor with his father and such male guests as might be in the house.

From Project Gutenberg

The cigar stump held firmly between his teeth, he stood on the rug before the hearth, facing the door.

From Project Gutenberg

On the sheepskin rug before the fire a Manx cat was dozing beside a pair of carpet slippers.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• carpeting
• mat
• tapestry