tog

Meaning

Noun

1. (archaic, slang) A cloak.
2. (archaic, slang) A coat.
3. A unit of thermal resistance, being ten times the temperature difference (in °C) between the two surfaces of a material when the flow of heat is equal to one watt per square metre

Verb

To dress (often with up or out).

Adv

Abbreviation of together.

Verb

To fish for tautog.

Synonyms

dress

👗

garment

raiment

garb

apparel

caparison

fit out

wear

habiliment

enclothe

habilitate

clothe

clothes

ornament

doll

prim

prink

attire

titivate

jewel

perk

prank

primp

put on

suit

trim

vestment

weeds

doll up

preen oneself

vestiture

barde

tog up

adorn

vestiment

adornment

array

assume

beautify

bespangle

bijou

bundle up

clothing

deck

decorate

dress up

dud

embellish

garnish

gaud

Translations

vestire

👗

abiti

vêtement

elbise

👗

لباس

لبس

ثوب

👗

زَوَّدَ بِمَلابِس

كسا

أكسي

ارتدى

انتظم

ثياب

سمد

زين

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɒɡ/

Etymology

Shortened from earlier togemans, togeman (“cloak, loose coat”), from Middle English tog, toge, togue, from Old French togue, from Latin toga (“cloak, mantle”) (compare the doublets toga and toge). Togeman(s) was an old thieves' and vegabonds' cant for "cloak; coat". By the 1700s the noun tog was used as a shortened form, then with the meaning "coat"; before 1800 the word (in this sense usually in the plural; see togs) started to mean "clothing". The verb tog ("to dress up") came shortly after. The unit of thermal resistance was coined in the 1940s after the clo, a unit of thermal insulation of clothing, which was itself derived from clothes or clothing.