"getup" meaning in English

See getup in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: getups [plural]
Etymology: From get + up. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|get|up}} get + up Head templates: {{en-noun}} getup (plural getups)
  1. (chiefly US, informal) Clothes, costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual. Tags: US, informal Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (outfit): облекло (obleklo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), премяна (premjana) [feminine] (Bulgarian), accoutrement [masculine] (French), múndering (Icelandic), наря́д (narjád) [masculine] (Russian), прикид (prikid) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-getup-en-noun-CeDuiqNF Disambiguation of Clothing: 74 21 0 5 Categories (other): American English, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 36 19 4 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 36 19 4 41 Disambiguation of 'outfit': 90 4 3 4
  2. (informal) A fight or altercation. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-getup-en-noun-Qp54gmKv Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 36 19 4 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 36 19 4 41
  3. (publishing) Layout and production style, as of a magazine. Categories (topical): Publishing Translations (layout and production style): оформление (oformlenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-getup-en-noun-8Pdg0V4j Topics: media, publishing Disambiguation of 'layout and production style': 1 1 97 1
  4. Alternative form of get-up-and-go Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: get-up-and-go
    Sense id: en-getup-en-noun-0uEwTkH1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 19 6 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 8 5 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 9 6 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 8 4 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 36 19 4 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 13 7 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 36 19 4 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 15 6 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: get up, get-up Related terms: all get up, get up

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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