tog

See also: togʻ and tóg

Translingual

Symbol

tog

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tonga (Malawi).

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tonga (Malawi) terms

English

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tog

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɒɡ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tɔɡ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /tɑɡ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Noun

tog (plural togs)

1. (slang, archaic) A cloak.
2. (slang, archaic) A coat.
   • c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris‎, published 1896, page 161:

     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. 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

Derived terms

• (clothes): toggery, tog bag

Verb

tog (third-person singular simple present togs, present participle togging, simple past and past participle togged)

1. (transitive) To dress (often with up or out).
   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     “ […] 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. […] ”

References

• “tog, n.1.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
• “tog, v..”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
• “† togeman, n..”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023.

Etymology 2

Adverb

tog (not comparable)

1. (knitting) Abbreviation of together.
   • 2012, Kay Meadors, Knitting for a Cure, page 34:

     Row 1 (Right side): Slip 1, K1, K2 tog, YO, K 10, (K2 tog, YO) twice, K3.

Etymology 3

Clipping of tautog

Noun

tog (plural togs)

1. A tautog, a large wrasse native to the eastern coast of North America.
   • 2021, Nick Honachefsky, “Catching Tautog from Shore”, in On The Water‎:

     Though most jetty anglers fish the tip when looking for blackfish, tog can often be found along the entire structure.

   • 2023, Tony Salerno, “Shaking The Winter Jitters: It’s Time For Tog’”, in The Fisherman‎:

     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.

Verb

tog (third-person singular simple present togs, present participle togging, simple past and past participle togged)

1. (transitive) To fish for tautog.
   • 2023, Jason Colby, “Tog Jigging: Do It Your Way!”, in The Fisherman‎:

     Another mindset that seems to work well for new togging recruits is to ask them to wait until the fish ‘takes the rod down’.

Etymology 4

Clipping of photographer.

Noun

tog (plural togs)

1. (informal) A photographer, especially a professional one.
   • 2006 July 9, “Lapel mic question”, in DV Info Net‎, archived from the original on 12 April 2024:

     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?

   • 2016 April 15, “Another Wedding Another Photog screwing things up”, in Whirlpool forums‎, archived from the original on 4 November 2016:

     If the tog said he'd deliver A grade shots but actually delivered D grade – tog is at fault

   • 2022 December 9, “Whats your favourite lens?”, in reddit.com‎, archived from the original on 9 December 2022:

     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.

Synonyms

• lensman, lenswoman, photog

Anagrams

• -got-, GOT, GTO, GoT, OTG, TGO, got

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔχ/

Etymology 1

From Dutch tocht, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tuhtiz.

Noun

tog (plural togte)

1. expedition, journey

Derived terms

• aftog
• optog
• soektog
• uittog
• veldtog

Etymology 2

From Dutch toch.

Adverb

tog

1. still, notwithstanding, yet, surely

   My bloes is tog mooier as joune. ― My blouse is still prettier than yours.