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rug

UK/ɹʌɡ/ US/ˈɹʌɡ/ fairly common slang uk us

noun

1.

floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

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Origin

Uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin; perhaps inherited via Middle English *rugge (suggested by Middle English ruggy (“hairy, shaggy, bristly”) and rugged (“hairy, shaggy, rugged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“shagginess, tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (“long wool”), probably related to *rūhaz (“rough”), related to English rag and rough. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rugga (“coarse coverlet”), Swedish rugg (“rough entangled hair”), related to English rag and rough. Compare also Old English rȳhe (“rug, rough covering, blanket”).

Phrases

  • area rug
  • brush something under the rug
  • cut a rug
  • cut the rug
  • cute as a bug in a rug
  • drug rug
  • lie like a cheap rug
  • lie like a rug
  • rug up

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