Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rug up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: rug up
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To put a rug on a horse

Transitive verb

verb

To put on layers of warm clothes; to wrap up

Australian usage; Informal; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"The mare was naturally very weak and almost in a state of collapse, so we gave her half a pint of neat whisky, rugged her up, and rubbed her all over with embrocation."
"To us, a rainy day may mean that we have to rug up and stay inside out of the elements, but the coming of a storm or the rising swell will find a mulloway that lives and feeds along the beaches, waiting around a river entrance for the mullet..."

Usage

Inflected Forms

rugs up (present, singular) rugging up (participle, present) rugged up (participle, past) rugged up (past)

Questions

What does rug up mean?: To put a rug on a horse

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