tog
[ tog ]
/ tɒg /
noun
a coat.
Usually togs. clothes.
verb (used with object), togged, tog·ging.
to dress (often followed by out or up).
Nearby words
toffee-apple, toffee-nosed, toffish, toft, tofu, tog, toga, toga praetexta, toga virilis, togate, togated
Origin of tog
1775–85; apparently short for earlier cant togeman(s), togman cloak, coat, equivalent to toge (late Middle English < Latin toga toga) + -man(s) obsolete cant suffix < ?
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British Dictionary definitions for togs (1 of 3)
togs
/ (tɒɡz) /
pl n informal
clothes
Australian, NZ and Irish a swimming costume
Word Origin for togs
from tog 1
British Dictionary definitions for togs (2 of 3)
tog
1/ (tɒɡ) informal /
verb togs, togging or togged
(often foll by up or out) to dress oneself, esp in smart clothes
noun
See togs
Word Origin for tog
C18: probably short for obsolete cant togemans coat, from Latin toga toga + -mans, of uncertain origin
British Dictionary definitions for togs (3 of 3)
tog
2/ (tɒɡ) /
noun
- a unit of thermal resistance used to measure the power of insulation of a fabric, garment, quilt, etc. The tog-value of an article is equal to ten times the temperature difference between its two faces, in degrees Celsius, when the flow of heat across it is equal to one watt per m²
- (as modifier)tog-rating
Word Origin for tog
C20: arbitrary coinage from tog 1 (noun)
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