getup
or get-up
[get-uhp]
noun Informal.
costume; outfit: Everyone will stare at you if you wear that getup.
arrangement or format; style: the getup of a new cookbook.
RELATED WORDS
gown, frock, garb, costume, attire, duds, smock, accouterment, things, drape, habiliment, covering, shift, habit, outfit, guise, suit, apparel, robe, raiment
Nearby words
- getty,
- getty, jean paul,
- gettysburg,
- gettysburg address,
- gettysburg, battle of,
- getz,
- getz, stan,
- geulincx,
- geulincx, arnold,
- geum
Origin of getup
First recorded in 1825–35; noun use of verb phrase get up
get-up
[get-uhp]
noun
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Examples from the Web for getup
She was met with boos and shouts, as a man wearing a Revolutionary War getup yelled, “Let someone else speak!”
CPAC Panel on Transcending Racist Label Breaks Down Into Verbal Chaos|Caitlin Dickson|March 16, 2013|DAILY BEASTCouldn't tell that so much from her getup as from the Frenchy hat and boulevard whiskers he's sportin'.
Shorty McCabe on the Job|Sewell FordThere was cheer in Naab's "Getup," now, and the horses quickened with it.
The Heritage of the Desert|Zane GreyThe matter of his speech was excellent, its form, occasionally, as extravagant as his getup.