getup

Etymology

get + up

noun

  1. (chiefly US, informal) A costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual.
    The Schnitzelbank Band, each member attired in an odd getup, received many comments for the manner in which the men marched. 1917 Oct. 28, "1,200 Reading Firemen March," Reading Eagle (Pennsylvania, USA), p. 4
    [A] parade of costumed cadets trots by: a shark costume, an Uncle Sam getup and three young men in form-fitting bodysuits. June 8 2009, “Worried They Will Miss the War: Inside the Mind of West Point's Class of 2009”, in Newsweek
  2. (informal) 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. Jan 28 2002, Andrea Sachs, “Caricature Builder”, in Time
  3. (publishing) Layout and production style, as of a magazine.
  4. Alternative form of get-up-and-go

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