"doll up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-doll up.wav Forms: dolls up [present, singular, third-person], dolling up [participle, present], dolled up [participle, past], dolled up [past]
Etymology: Thought to be from Doll (short for Dorothy) rather than from doll. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} doll up (third-person singular simple present dolls up, present participle dolling up, simple past and past participle dolled up)
  1. (transitive, slang) To dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing as if for a special occasion. Tags: slang, transitive Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing): optutten (Dutch), pyntätä (Finnish), pynttäytyä (Finnish), sich schick machen (German), essere tirato a lucido (Italian), embonecar (Portuguese), emperifollar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "She's all dolled up with nowhere to go.",
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          "text": "Jem looked at her clothes. \"You wouldn’t get far dolled up like that.\"",
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          "special",
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        "(transitive, slang) To dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing as if for a special occasion."
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
          "word": "optutten"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
          "word": "pyntätä"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
          "word": "pynttäytyä"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
          "word": "sich schick machen"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
          "word": "essere tirato a lucido"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
          "word": "embonecar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
          "word": "emperifollar"
        }
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  "word": "doll up"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
      "word": "optutten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
      "word": "pyntätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
      "word": "pynttäytyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
      "word": "sich schick machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
      "word": "essere tirato a lucido"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
      "word": "embonecar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
      "word": "emperifollar"
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  "word": "doll up"
}

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