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rug
[ ruhg ]
noun
- 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.
- the treated skin of an animal, used as a floor covering:
a bear rug.
- Chiefly British. a piece of thick, warm cloth, used as a coverlet, lap robe, etc.
- Slang. toupee; hairpiece.
RUG
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rug
2/ rʌɡ /
noun
- a floor covering, smaller than a carpet and made of thick wool or of other material, such as an animal skin
- a blanket, esp one used as a wrap or lap robe for travellers
- slang.a wig
- pull the rug out from underto betray, expose, or leave defenceless
Derived Forms
- ˈrugˌlike, adjective
Other Words From
- ruglike adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of rug1
Word History and Origins
Origin of rug1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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
As is demonstrated by the stage’s plush rug, strategically placed pine-scented candles and a lighting design of pinks, blues and oranges, comfort is the No. 1 priority at Baby Battista.
Sometimes, she catches her father thinking about their old home - the sofas and the rugs, the rows of books on the shelves, which he had painstakingly put together, probably still lying in the rubble.
Her rug collection is inspired by Nigeria's diverse terrain - rolling hills, winding rivers, sprawling savannahs and dense forests, and reminds me of the view from planes.
He was sitting with Zahraa and the boys, a few hours after the strikes resumed, on the street by their makeshift tent, which was really just two rugs thrown over an improvised frame.
“When he died, I had the rug pulled out from under me,” she says in a soft-spoken tone as she gently molds a ball holder for an incense stick.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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