tog

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4
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5
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3
Pronunciation
/tɒɡ/
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/tɒɡ/ · /tɔɡ/ (US) · /tɑɡ/

Definition of tog

9 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (archaic, slang)A cloak.
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noun

  1. (archaic, slang)A cloak.
  2. (archaic, slang)A coat.
    “I have a rorty gal, also a knowing pal, / And merrily together we jog on, / I doesn't care a flatch, as long as I've a tach, / Some pannum for my chest, and a tog on.”
  3. (New-Zealand, slang)swimwear.
  4. A unit of thermal resistance, being ten times the temperature difference (in °C) between the two surfaces of a material when the flow of heat is equal to one watt per square metre
  5. A tautog, a large wrasse native to the eastern coast of North America.
    “Though most jetty anglers fish the tip when looking for blackfish, tog can often be found along the entire structure.”
    “However, many locations hold plenty of keeper tog to 8 pounds, with several monster white chins over the 10-pound mark, particularly along the East End of the Sound.”
  6. (informal)A photographer, especially a professional one.
    “Funny you should ask, I had a "scene" with a photographer, at yesterdays' Wedding, over the Groom's lapel Mic, the Groom was ok with it, but the tog, said it would spoil his photos, the Groom had a light jacket on, so it was visible, but, what else can you do?”
    “If the tog said he'd deliver A grade shots but actually delivered D grade – tog is at fault”
    “Been a tog for a few years now, bit by bit expanding my lens library and just the other day picked up a 16-35mm f4 IS, it's pretty great.”

verb

  1. (transitive)To dress (often with up or out).
    ““[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. […]””
  2. (transitive)To fish for tautog.
    “Another mindset that seems to work well for new togging recruits is to ask them to wait until the fish ‘takes the rod down’.”

adv

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable)Abbreviation of together.
    “Row 1 (Right side): Slip 1, K1, K2 tog, YO, K 10, (K2 tog, YO) twice, K3.”

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Etymology

Shortened from earlier togemans, togeman (“cloak, loose coat”), from Middle English tog, toge, togue, from Old French togue, from Latin toga (“cloak, mantle”) (compare the doublets toga and toge). Togeman(s)…

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Shortened from earlier togemans, togeman (“cloak, loose coat”), from Middle English tog, toge, togue, from Old French togue, from Latin toga (“cloak, mantle”) (compare the doublets toga and toge). Togeman(s) was an old thieves' and vegabonds' cant for "cloak; coat". By the 1700s the noun tog was used as a shortened form, then with the meaning "coat"; before 1800 the word (in this sense usually in the plural; see togs) started to mean "clothing". The verb tog ("to dress up") came shortly after. The unit of thermal resistance was coined in the 1940s after the clo, a unit of thermal insulation of clothing, which was itself derived from clothes or clothing.

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