getup
or get-up
[ get-uhp ]
/ ˈgɛtˌʌp /
noun Informal.
costume; outfit: Everyone will stare at you if you wear that getup.
arrangement or format; style: the getup of a new cookbook.
Words nearby getup
getting there, getty, gettysburg, gettysburg address, gettysburg, battle of, getup, getz, geulincx, geum, gev, gewgaw
Origin of getup
First recorded in 1825–35; noun use of verb phrase get up
Definition for getup (2 of 2)
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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.