getup
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getup
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From get + up.
noun getups · get up · get-up
- Clothes, costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual. When near the buildings I met a white man, in such an unexpected elegance of get–up that in the first moment I took him for a sort of vision.
- A fight or altercation. "A bully. Picked on fellows. He loved to fight. But I never saw him in a getup with a fellow his own size."
- Layout and production style, as of a magazine.
- Alternative form of get-up-and-go
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noun outfit
| Français | accoutrement |
|---|---|
| Русский | наря́д narjád, прикид prikid |
Talk about this word "getup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/getup. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. getup. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/getup "getup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/getup.
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@misc{getup_2026,
title = {getup},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/getup},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
