rug

Meanings

Noun

  • A partial covering for a floor.
  • A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.
  • A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.
  • A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze.
  • A person wearing a rug.
  • A cloth covering for a horse.
  • A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops.
  • The female pubic hair.
  • A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
  • A wig; a hairpiece.
  • A dense growth of chest hair.

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Origin

  • Origin uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin, compare dialectal Norwegian rugga ("coarse coverlet"), Swedish rugg ("rough entangled hair"), from Old Norse rǫgg ("shagginess; tuft"), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō ("long wool"), related to English rag and rough.

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