"gussy up" meaning in All languages combined

See gussy up on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: gussies up [present, singular, third-person], gussying up [participle, present], gussied up [participle, past], gussied up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} gussy up (third-person singular simple present gussies up, present participle gussying up, simple past and past participle gussied up)
  1. (informal, intransitive) To don fancy clothing; to dress up particularly in flattering or specially altered garments. Tags: US, informal, intransitive Categories (topical): Clothing Synonyms: doll up, gussie up Translations (dress up): opdirken (Dutch), pynttääntyä (Finnish), fagoter (French), aufbrezeln (German), wystroić się [perfective] (Polish), stroić się [imperfective] (Polish), принаряжа́ться (prinarjažátʹsja) (Russian), arreglarse (Spanish), embellecer (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gussy_up-en-verb-SOKd4Uue Disambiguation of Clothing: 100 0 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of American English: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 83 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'dress up': 98 2
  2. (informal, transitive) To make fancy or attractive, as by artificial or contrived means. Tags: US, informal, transitive Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: spruce up
    Sense id: en-gussy_up-en-verb-mWMgWChT Disambiguation of Appearance: 9 91

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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