A tog is an official measurement that shows how warm a blanket or quilt is.
[British]
The range of tog values has been extended to 15 togs.
Tog is also a combining form.
...a snug 13.5-tog winter duvet.
2. plural noun
Togs are clothes, especially ones for a particular purpose.
[informal]
The photograph showed him wearing football togs.
tog in British English1
(tɒɡ) informal
verbWord forms: togs, togging or togged
(often foll byup or out)
to dress oneself, esp in smart clothes
Word origin
C18: probably short for obsolete cant togemans coat, from Latin togatoga + -mans, of uncertain origin
tog in British English2
(tɒɡ)
noun
a.
a unit of thermal resistance used to measure the power of insulation of a fabric, garment, quilt, etc. The tog-value of an article is equal to ten times the temperature difference between its two faces, in degrees Celsius, when the flow of heat across it is equal to one watt per m2
b.
(as modifier)
tog-rating
Word origin
C20: arbitrary coinage from tog1 (noun)
tog in American English
(tɑg; tɔg)
noun
1. Slang, Obsolete
a coat
2. [pl.]; Informal
clothes; outfit
tennis togs
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: togged or ˈtogging
3. Informal
to dress
usually with up or out
Word origin
prob. < cant togeman(s), togman, a cloak, coat, ult. < L toga, toga
Examples of 'tog' in a sentence
tog
Within days of my arrival, unshakeable slothfulness had settled comfortably upon me like a high tog duvet.