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rug

  [ruhg]
–noun
1. 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.
2. the treated skin of an animal, used as a floor covering: a bear rug.
3. Chiefly British. a piece of thick, warm cloth, used as a coverlet, lap robe, etc.
4. Slang. toupee; hairpiece.
—Idiom
5. cut a rug, Older Slang. to dance, esp. to jitterbug.
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Origin:
1545–55; < ON rǫgg wool, long hairs; cf. Norw rugga covering of coarse wool, Sw rugg coarse hair

Related forms:
ruglike, adjective
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rug   (rŭg)   
n.  

  1. A heavy fabric used to cover a floor.

  2. An animal skin used as a floor covering.

  3. Chiefly British A piece of thick, warm fabric or fur used as a coverlet or lap robe.

  4. Slang A toupee.


[Of Scandinavian origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
rug

  1. n.
    a wig or toupee. (See also divot.) : I wear just a little rug to cover up a shiny spot.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

rug 
1551, "coarse fabric," of Scand. origin, cf. Norw. dial. rugga "coarse coverlet," from O.N. rogg "shaggy tuft," probably related to rag and perhaps also rough. Sense evolved to "coverlet, wrap" (1591), then "mat for the floor" (1808). Meaning "toupee" is theater slang from 1940. Cut a rug "dance" is slang first attested 1942. To sweep (something) under the rug in the fig. sense is from 1961. Rug-rat "baby, child" is from 1968.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

rug

see pull the rug out from under; sweep under the rug. Also see under carpet.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
RUG
resource utilization group
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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