rug

Meaning

Noun

1. A partial covering for a floor.
2. (Australia, UK) A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.
3. (archaic, historical) A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.
4. (archaic, historical) A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze.
5. (obsolete, rare) A person wearing a rug.
6. A cloth covering for a horse.
7. (obsolete, rare) A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops.
8. (slang) The female pubic hair.
9. A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
10. (slang) A wig; a hairpiece.
11. (colloquial) A dense growth of chest hair.
12. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, ethnic, slang, slur) Ellipsis of rughead.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover with a rug.
2. (Scotland, archaic) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of rug pull

Synonyms

carpet

mat

blanket

carpeting

floor covering

duster

runner

🏃

sofa

🛋️

floorcloth

felt

matting

pull

stall

tapis

tear

throw

wig

bedside rug

footcloth

grass mat

rapestry to cover

tasselledblanket

floor rug

scalp hair

blues

catch

cleat

cushion

drizzling rain

drugget

hair

linoleum

mantle

plaid

Translations

alfombra

tapis

Teppich

tappeto

tapete

tapijt

catifa

kilim

kleed

karpet

tapete

🏃

vloerkleed

tapís

alfombra

χαλί

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹʌɡ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *rugge

Cognate with Norwegian: rugga

Cognate with Swedish: rugg

Cognate with Old English: rȳhe

In summary

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”).