Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To decorate (something).

    They decked the bar out with World Cup paraphernalia for June and July.

  2. (transitive)To dress (someone) in fancy clothes.

    He was decked out as a successful pimp.

  3. (intransitive)To forfeit by running out of cards in a deck.

  4. (intransitive)To fall off a mountain or climbing wall and hit the ground.

More definitions
  • put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The right channel on my tape deck went out.

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  2. She was decked out like a princess.

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  3. They are decked out in their Sunday clothes.

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  4. Jess was decked out in her finest clothes.

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  5. Many Muslims are decking out their homes as Ramadan begins this evening.

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Forms

decks out, decking out, decked out, decked out
Base formdeck out · to deck out
3rd person singulardecks out
Present participledecking out
Past simpledecked out
Past participledecked out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydeck out
he, she, itdecks out

Past simpleLesson

all personsdecked out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave decked out
he, she, ithas decked out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill deck out

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

17 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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