"queen up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: queens up [present, singular, third-person], queening up [participle, present], queened up [participle, past], queened up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} queen up (third-person singular simple present queens up, present participle queening up, simple past and past participle queened up)
  1. To get in drag; to get ready to perform as a drag queen. Categories (topical): LGBTQ
    Sense id: en-queen_up-en-verb-Z34AR9rf Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 94 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
  2. To dress like, or become appropriate for, a queen.
    Sense id: en-queen_up-en-verb-Q7Fl2VrZ

Inflected forms

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