/ rʌg; NAmE / noun
1.
a piece of thick material like a small carpet that is used for covering or decorating part of a floor :
a hearth rug (= in front of a fireplace )
2.
( BrE ) a piece of thick warm material, like a blanket , that is used for wrapping around your legs to keep warm
3.
( informal , especially NAmE ) = toupee
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IDIOMS
see pull verb , sweep verb
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent. (denoting a type of coarse woollen cloth): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian dialect rugga coverlet, Swedish rugg ruffled hair; related to rag piece of cloth . The sense small carpet dates from the early 19th cent.