Meaning

2 senses
  1. The act, or a session, of trying on clothing.

  2. (slang)An attempt to "try it on", to see whether somebody can be duped.

More definitions
  • putting clothes on to see whether they fit

Origin

Deverbal from try on.

Deverbal from try on.

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Forms

plural: try-ons
Singulartry-on
Pluraltry-ons

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • putting clothes on to see whether they fit:fittingtrying on

Word family

1 related words
Relatedtry on

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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