verb · irregular · transitive · rare

gussy up

gussy up · gussies up · gussied up · gussying up

To don fancy clothingTo don fancy clothing; to dress up particularly in flattering or specially altered garments.

» My daughter's getting all gussied up for her first date.

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Meaning

2 senses

(US, informal, intransitive)To don fancy clothing; to dress up particularly in flattering or specially altered garments.
You bet she'll gussy up for the party.
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(US, informal, transitive)To make fancy or attractive, as by artificial or contrived means.
You can have plain green beans, or gussie them up with a bit of cheese and onion.

More definitions

put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

Examples

2 sentences

My daughter's getting all gussied up for her first date.
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She needed to gussy up; so she put on her best clothes.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

dress up:

Deutsch

dress up:

Forms

gussies up, gussying up, gussied up, gussied up

Base form	gussy up · to gussy up
3rd person singular	gussies up
Present participle	gussying up
Past simple	gussied up
Past participle	gussied up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	gussy up
he, she, it	gussies up

Past simpleLesson

all persons

gussied up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have gussied up
he, she, it	has gussied up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will gussy up

Synonyms

17 synonyms

doll up spruce up

Close in meaning

put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive:overdress dress up fig outfig updeck up fancy up trick up deck out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb