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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  gussy up
       v : put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and
           attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to
           the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the
           party" [syn: dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up,
           fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink,
            attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out, overdress]
           [ant: dress down]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gussy up
     alt.
     1 (lb en informal intransitive) To don fancy clothing; to dress up
  particularly in flattering or specially altered garments.
     2 (lb en informal transitive) To make fancy or attractive, as by
  artificial or contrived means.
     vb.
     1 (lb en informal intransitive) To don fancy clothing; to dress up
  particularly in flattering or specially altered garments.
     2 (lb en informal transitive) To make fancy or attractive, as by
  artificial or contrived means.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  gussy up
     alt.
     1 (lb en informal intransitive) To don fancy clothing; to dress up
  particularly in flattering or specially altered garments.
     2 (lb en informal transitive) To make fancy or attractive, as by
  artificial or contrived means.
     vb.
     1 (lb en informal intransitive) To don fancy clothing; to dress up
  particularly in flattering or specially altered garments.
     2 (lb en informal transitive) To make fancy or attractive, as by
  artificial or contrived means.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  gussy up
     alt.
     1 (lb en informal intransitive) To don fancy clothing; to dress up
  particularly in flattering or specially altered garments.
     2 (lb en informal transitive) To make fancy or attractive, as by
  artificial or contrived means.
     vb.
     1 (lb en informal intransitive) To don fancy clothing; to dress up
  particularly in flattering or specially altered garments.
     2 (lb en informal transitive) To make fancy or attractive, as by
  artificial or contrived means.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  gussy up
     alt.
     1 (lb en informal intransitive) To don fancy clothing; to dress up
  particularly in flattering or specially altered garments.
     2 (lb en informal transitive) To make fancy or attractive, as by
  artificial or contrived means.
     vb.
     1 (lb en informal intransitive) To don fancy clothing; to dress up
  particularly in flattering or specially altered garments.
     2 (lb en informal transitive) To make fancy or attractive, as by
  artificial or contrived means.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gussy up /ɡˈʌsi ˈʌp/
   [Am.]  [coll.] sich feinmachen, sich herausputzen 
   see: gussied up
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  gussy up /ɡˈʌsi ˈʌp/ 
  pynttääntyä
  dress up

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "gussy up":
     adorn, array, beautify, become one, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, color,
     dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up,
     embellish, emblazon, embroider, enrich, fancy up, fig out, fix up,
     furbish, garnish, get up, glamorize, grace, ornament, overdress,
     paint, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, pretty up, primp,
     primp up, prink, prink up, rag out, redecorate, redo, refurbish,
     set off, set out, slick, slick up, smarten, smarten up, spiff,
     spruce up, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim
  
  

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