English

Alternative forms

• get up
• get-up

Noun

getup ‎(plural getups)

1. (chiefly US, informal) A costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual.
   • 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, section 1:

     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.

   • 1917 Oct. 28, "1,200 Reading Firemen March," Reading Eagle (Pennsylvania, USA), p. 4:

     The Schnitzelbank Band, each member attired in an odd getup, received many comments for the manner in which the men marched.

   • 2009 June 8, "Worried They Will Miss the War: Inside the Mind of West Point's Class of 2009," Newsweek:

     [A] parade of costumed cadets trots by: a shark costume, an Uncle Sam getup and three young men in form-fitting bodysuits.

2. (informal) A fight or altercation.
   • 2002 Jan. 28, Andrea Sachs, "Caricature Builder," Time:

     "A bully. Picked on fellows. He loved to fight. But I never saw him in a getup with a fellow his own size."

3. (publishing) Layout and production style, as of a magazine.
4. Alternative form of get-up-and-go

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See also

• all get up
• get up