"getup" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: getups [plural]
Etymology: 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 Disambiguation of 'outfit': 91 3 2 3
  2. (informal) A fight or altercation. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-getup-en-noun-Qp54gmKv
  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, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 20 6 45 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 18 5 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 21 7 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: get up, get-up Related terms: all get up, get up

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