getup
Americannoun
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getups
plural
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costume; outfit.
Everyone will stare at you if you wear that getup.
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arrangement or format; style.
the getup of a new cookbook.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of getup
First recorded in 1825–35; noun use of verb phrase get up
Vocabulary lists containing getup
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His informal getup, a T-shirt and shorts, contrasts with the elegant environment primed for business lunches and ostentatious dinners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
What getup will transcend la mode and stand the test of time?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Blocking any escape for herself and her two daughters, Matías said, were los militares — heavily armed U.S. agents in martial getup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
Once you’ve assembled your getup, you step out into a world where you’ll likely draw a few double takes.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2024
Next to it was the funeral director, a little man in a ridiculous getup, and an awkward, embarrassed-looking old man.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
Vance getups or Marco Rubio costumes, let alone decked out in Ted Cruz–themed bling or Rand Paul merch.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026
The year after his procedure, Moody helped break a national record for participating in the largest group of people to skydive together while wearing wingsuits, those getups that turn people into flying squirrels.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2024
TikTok is rife with fans decked out in bootleg Dan Flashes shirts or dizzyingly patterned getups that seem tailor-made from the fictional store.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2022
She reportedly referenced groups of students dressing up in similar costumes or some coming to school in elaborate getups – leaving other students who don’t have the resources to do so left out.
From Fox News ● Oct. 26, 2021
The getups aren’t any better, and that really blows my mind; I’d think in New York the ghosts would be ghostier and the witches witchier.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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