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cut a rug

cut a rug verb: to dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century.

Verb

cut a rug (third-person singular simple present cuts a rug, present participle cutting a rug, simple past and past participle cut a rug)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century.
    • Young-generation patrons seem to be as fascinated watching the more mature dancers cut a rug.1991 December 15, Ron Alexander, “A Step Back to Supper Clubs and Swing”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Sep 2008
    • Came here to get ya, but I can't wait / To grab me a partner and cut a rug up tonight2002, “Boogie 2nite”, in Southern Hummingbird, performed by Tweet
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, a, rug.

cut a rug meaning in Bengali

cut a rug in Bengali

নাচ করা

Examples of cut a rug in a sentence

  • The way you can cut a rug, watching you's the only drug I need.2009, “Hey, Soul Sister”, in Save Me, San Francisco, performed by Train:
  • Let's dance / Cut a rug together / Looking at forever / It's the way that I want it to be2012, “Last Days of Disco”, performed by Saint Etienne:
  • Shake it up, throw your hands up and get loose / Cut a rug, lean into the fuckin' youth2017, “When The World Was At War We Kept Dancing”, in Lust for Life, performed by Lana Del Rey:

Forms of cut a rug

third-person singular presentcuts a rug
present participlecutting a rug
past participlecut a rug
pastcut a rug
alternative formcut the rug

Words formed from cut a rug

Questions about cut a rug

What does cut a rug mean?
Cut a rug means to dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century.
What is cut a rug in Bengali?
Cut a rug in Bengali is নাচ করা. See Cut a rug meaning in Bengali.
How do you use cut a rug in a sentence?
The way you can cut a rug, watching you's the only drug I need.
What part of speech is cut a rug?
Cut a rug is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut a rug?
The past tense of cut a rug is cut a rug.

Words near cut a rug in the dictionary

  1. cut a caper
  2. cut a dash
  3. cut a deal
  4. cut a feather
  5. cut a figure
  6. cut a rug
  7. cut a shine
  8. cut a swath
  9. cut a swathe
  10. cut a wide swath
  11. cut a wide swathe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cut a rug (page history and authors); cut a rug (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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