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
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.

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
See also:
  • gussied
  • 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
  • doctor
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If I put on the right pair of glasses and put on the right kind of thing, get gussied up, you know, I don't frighten little children" Jurassic Park actor Jeff Goldblum after having said he had "withered like an old apple" "I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong" Actress Samantha Bond "Imagining myself as a sadistic and manipulative murderer, like something out of a book by Agatha Christie" Actress Isabelle Huppert on her guiltiest pleasure
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If I put on the right pair of glasses and put on the right kind of thing, get gussied up, you know, I don't frighten little children" - Jurassic Park actor Jeff Goldblum after having said he had "withered like an old apple".
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Because the iconic Lark Lane eatery is being gussied up with a new "lick of paint" - the first it's had in many years.
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Julian, a guest at her South of France house, said: "She was gussied up in hat, scarf and sunglasses.
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He said: "She was in the pool on one of those inflatable armchairs, all gussied up in hat, scarf and sunglasses.
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Julian explained: "She was on one of those inflatable armchairs, all gussied up in hat, scarf and sunglasses.
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A playful riff on Hitchcock's To Catch A Thief, gussied up with split-screen gimmickry.
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