getup
or get-up
[ get-uhp ]
/ ˈgɛtˌʌp /
noun Informal.
costume; outfit: Everyone will stare at you if you wear that getup.
arrangement or format; style: the getup of a new cookbook.
Origin of getup
First recorded in 1825–35; noun use of verb phrase
get up
Words nearby getup
getting there,
getty,
gettysburg,
gettysburg address,
gettysburg, battle of,
getup,
getz,
geulincx,
geum,
gev,
gewgaw
Definition for getup (2 of 2)
Example sentences from the Web for getup
She was met with boos and shouts, as a man wearing a Revolutionary War getup yelled, “Let someone else speak!”
CPAC Panel on Transcending Racist Label Breaks Down Into Verbal Chaos |Caitlin Dickson |March 16, 2013 |DAILY BEASTCouldn't tell that so much from her getup as from the Frenchy hat and boulevard whiskers he's sportin'.
Shorty McCabe on the Job |Sewell FordThere was cheer in Naab's "Getup," now, and the horses quickened with it.
The Heritage of the Desert |Zane GreyThe matter of his speech was excellent, its form, occasionally, as extravagant as his getup.