A rug is a smaller piece of fabric placed on the floor. People use rugs to make a room warmer or nicer to look at.
She sat on the soft rug in the room.
The rug is red and blue in color.
This kind of rug is used outside or at the door. People wipe their dirty shoes on it to keep the floor clean.
Please wipe your feet on the rug before inside.
I put a rug at the door for dirt.
Some rugs are made from animals’ skin or fur. People use these for decoration or to keep warm on the floor.
They placed a bear rug in the living room.
The tiger skin rug looks very wild and cool.
As a verb, to ‘rug’ means to pull something or someone quickly, usually by their clothes or an object.
He rugged the boy’s sleeve to get attention.
She rugged her bag as she left the room.
In informal use, especially in slang, ‘to rug’ someone means to cheat or trick them, often causing loss or harm.
They rugged the new customer in the deal.
He felt rugged after losing all money.
A 'rug pull' is a scam in digital money. The people in charge stop the project suddenly and take money, leaving investors with nothing.
The crypto project ended in a rug pull scam.
Many people lost money after the rug pull happened.
