rugburn noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •A painful burn or redness of skin, especially on knees, elbows, and hands, from repetitive friction against a rug or similar surface.The rugburn became increasingly inflamed, and, through trembling lips, which were pursed as if to whistle, my cure began singing its sublime, plaintive painsong. — 2021 •Rugburns in general.Like, seriously, thanks for the music. It's meant a lot. […] Your lead's hotter than rugburn. — 2004 verb1 •To cause a rugburn to form.Every time I rugburned my knees, every time some morbidly obese man fondled me as if I were his mindless property, my distaste for the job deepened. — 2010 formsrugburned · rugburning · rugburns
