togs

«togs» in Mova's school dictionary: swimming costumes, swimmers — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun plural (togs) (informal; Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, UK)

meaning for a pupil

1) (Australia, Ireland) Togs are swimming costumes, swimmers. tree →

2) (UK informal) Togs means clothes, especially for a special purpose: «football togs», «your best togs». tree →

sense in the lessons

Children in Queensland and Ireland pack their togs for swimming lessons. In the UK, «get your togs on» means get dressed. Also «togged up» = dressed up.

examples

• Don't forget your togs for swimming! tree →
• We put our togs on and ran into the sea. tree →
• Pack your football togs for PE. tree →
• She got togged up for the party. tree →
• My togs are still wet from yesterday. tree →
• Everyone wore their Sunday togs. tree →

note

Always plural. Informal. Other words for swimwear: swimmers (Australia), cozzie (UK, Australia), bathers, swimsuit, trunks.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «togs» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.