gussied

Related to gussied: gussied up, all gussied up

gussied up

Dressed or decorated fancifully or attractively, especially in a showy, garish, or tawdry manner. You sure got gussied up for the occasion! A tuxedo and everything! Samantha's always going around town all gussied up in those tacky dresses and cheap makeup.

See also: gussied, up

gussy up

1. To improve one's appearance, as by wearing fancy clothing and/or make-up. In this usage, a noun, pronoun, or reflexive pronoun can be used between "gussy" and "up." Why are you all gussied up? Is your boyfriend coming to visit today? I need to gussy myself up for the big event tonight.

2. To add something to something to make it fancier or more appealing. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "gussy" and "up." This room is so plain. How can we gussy it up for the big event?

gussied up

Rur. dressed up fancy. All the girls got gussied up for the dance, but the guys wore their regular clothes. Mary really got gussied up. She even curled her hair.

See also: gussied, up

gussy someone or something up

Rur. to dress someone or something up; to make someone or something fancy. She gussied the kids up for the wedding. See if you can gussy up this room a little before folks get here.

gussied up

Also, all gussied up. Dressed up, as in Dana loves to get all gussied up and go to a fine restaurant. The origin of this expression is not clear, though possibly it relates to the earlier use of the noun gussie (derived from a proper name) for an effeminate man. [Slang; mid-1900s]

See also: gussied, up

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

gussy up

v. Slang

1. To dress someone in special or fancy clothes. Used chiefly in the passive or with a reflexive: We were gussied up in ball gowns. I gussied myself up for the party.

2. To add embellishing details to something in order to make it more attractive: The chef gussied up the meat loaf with a truffle sauce. The decorators gussied the room up for the ceremony.

gussied up

(ˈgəsid...)

mod. dressed up in one’s best clothing. (Folksy.) I like to get gussied up and go out on the town.

See also: gussied, up

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

gussied up, to get (all)

To be dressed or to dress in one’s best clothes. This Americanism from the first half of the twentieth century is of uncertain origin. One theory is that it comes from gusset, a triangular piece of material put into a garment so that it fits better; this word in turn comes from the French gousset and dates from the Middle Ages, when such pieces were put into mail armor so that the knight it enclosed could move better. Because gussets might be considered a bit of fancy dressmaking, the theory holds, one’s best clothes would have more of them than everyday attire.

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释义	gussied Related to gussied: gussied up, all gussied up gussied up Dressed or decorated fancifully or attractively, especially in a showy, garish, or tawdry manner. You sure got gussied up for the occasion! A tuxedo and everything! Samantha's always going around town all gussied up in those tacky dresses and cheap makeup. See also: gussied, up gussy up 1. To improve one's appearance, as by wearing fancy clothing and/or make-up. In this usage, a noun, pronoun, or reflexive pronoun can be used between "gussy" and "up." Why are you all gussied up? Is your boyfriend coming to visit today? I need to gussy myself up for the big event tonight. 2. To add something to something to make it fancier or more appealing. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "gussy" and "up." This room is so plain. How can we gussy it up for the big event? See also: up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. gussied up Rur. dressed up fancy. All the girls got gussied up for the dance, but the guys wore their regular clothes. Mary really got gussied up. She even curled her hair. See also: gussied, up gussy someone or something up Rur. to dress someone or something up; to make someone or something fancy. She gussied the kids up for the wedding. See if you can gussy up this room a little before folks get here. See also: up McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. gussied up Also, all gussied up. Dressed up, as in Dana loves to get all gussied up and go to a fine restaurant. The origin of this expression is not clear, though possibly it relates to the earlier use of the noun gussie (derived from a proper name) for an effeminate man. [Slang; mid-1900s] See also: gussied, up The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. gussy up v. Slang 1. To dress someone in special or fancy clothes. Used chiefly in the passive or with a reflexive: We were gussied up in ball gowns. I gussied myself up for the party. 2. To add embellishing details to something in order to make it more attractive: The chef gussied up the meat loaf with a truffle sauce. The decorators gussied the room up for the ceremony. See also: up The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. gussied up (ˈgəsid...) mod. dressed up in one’s best clothing. (Folksy.) I like to get gussied up and go out on the town. See also: gussied, up McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions gussied up, to get (all) To be dressed or to dress in one’s best clothes. This Americanism from the first half of the twentieth century is of uncertain origin. One theory is that it comes from gusset, a triangular piece of material put into a garment so that it fits better; this word in turn comes from the French gousset and dates from the Middle Ages, when such pieces were put into mail armor so that the knight it enclosed could move better. Because gussets might be considered a bit of fancy dressmaking, the theory holds, one’s best clothes would have more of them than everyday attire. See also: get, gussied The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: gussied up gussy up (all) dressed up like a pox doctor's clerk dressed (up) fit to kill kitsch dressed (up) like a dog's dinner dressed like a dog's dinner dressed up like a dog's dinner kitschy (all) done up like a pox doctor's clerk References in periodicals archive This summer, Disney will offer not one but two remakes of classic animated films from its catalogue -- each gussied up with new stars, new songs and the latest filmmaking technology. 'Aladdin' and 'Lion King' all set to bring nostalgia For many tourists, Iloilo City is synonymous to good eats: piping hot batchoy, grilled managat (mangrove jack), and oysters on the half shell or gussied up with butter and garlic. 'Batchoy,' grilled 'managat' and overstuffed 'siopao'-foodie finds in Iloilo Because the iconic Lark Lane eatery is being gussied up with a new "lick of paint" - the first it's had in many years. 'Can't wait to see the shiny new Keith's!' PAINTERS AND DECORATORS MOVE IN ON LARK LANE WINE BAR I actually can't wait to see Marty Morrissey all gussied up in a sequinned jumpsuit. It was cheesy but I'm choking up at losing The Voice; Talk TV; Pick of the week See, for example, The Nazis, 1998, an enormous grid, each of whose modules contains the image of an actor gussied up in National Socialist garb. Piotr Uklariski: Metropolitan Museum of Art This isn't a gussied up special for youngsters who want the looks but can't afford the insurance. Peugeot 308 GT: Warming to the theme; Just don't call it a GTI. Andy Enright takes a look at Peugeot's 308 GT hatchback and likes what he finds He said: "She was in the pool on one of those inflatable armchairs, all gussied up in hat, scarf and sunglasses. Comedian saves TV star Joan in her pool No matter what, gussied up toast can be a great indulgence. 10 ideas for turning toast into something exciting By "active" I'm referring to the fact that a record number of booths in Chicago next month will be gussied up to meet a massive amount of attendees who will be there with a specific purpose: sound, thoughtful investment for the future. ProMat 2015: time for sound, thoughtful investment Other camps were routine facilities gussied up with faux-Indian tribal motifs. The Zionist Dream in the Poconos: Morris Dickstein Remembers Summer Worlds There are gussied up recipes for such Mississippi traditional foods as biscuits and greens. Reading and cooking with a famous Mississippi playwright is fun Cardinal Muller then flatly identifies "Conscious Evolution" for what it is: a gussied up New Age form of the ancient, perennial heresy of Gnosticism: "Conscious Evolution does not offer anything which will nourish religious life ... Cardinal Muller has lost patience with LCWR A playful riff on Hitchcock's To Catch A Thief, gussied up with split-screen gimmickry. SATURDAY "Call it 'creation science' or 'intelligent design' if you like, but it's still the same old fundamentalist Christian doctrine gussied up as science to try to slip it into biology classrooms." Backdoor creationism bill fails in Alabama Looking through old mugshots and crime scenes, Bennett and his partners Felix Chan and Arran Russell were impressed by how gussied up the guys looked. Smooth criminals: vanishing elephant breaks out
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