spiffy

spiffy

1. adjective Very excellent, stylish, or attractive. They bought that run-down old dump and turned it into a spiffy cocktail bar. A: "That's a pretty spiffy new phone you've got!" B: "Yeah, it's the top of the line."
2. verb To make (someone or something) very excellent, stylish, or attractive in appearance. Often followed by "up." I hired an interior decorator to spiffy up the house. I love to get spiffied up before a big night out with my friends. You could really stand to spiffy your wardrobe a bit.

spiffy up

To make (someone or something) very excellent, stylish, or attractive in appearance. A noun or pronoun can be used between "spiffy" and "up." I hired an interior decorator to spiffy up the house. I love to get spiffied up before a big night out with my friends. You could really stand to spiffy your wardrobe up a bit.
See also: spiffy, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

spiffy

(ˈspɪfi)
mod. excellent. This is a real spiffy place you’ve got here, Sam.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • spiffied
  • spiffy up
  • sheen
  • everything is copacetic
  • bulletproof
  • cool!
  • a little
  • sweet
  • sweeter
  • appropriate for
References in periodicals archive
On a purely cosmetic level, we'll update the typefaces and introduce spiffy new graphics.
In the old days, there was a spiffy little invention that also ensured employee interaction.
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That's what teenagers do, I suppose, even if it means pretending to dislike things that you secretly think are rather spiffy. Trying to be cool when you are short and ginger is always a fool's errand but I did my best.
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The front of the spiffy red shirts features the Angels' official 50th Anniversary logo and will signify the start of a year-round celebration.
Run your truck through the car wash and you've got a spiffy truck and clean dishes!
The standardized format for such plots requires a third wheel; in this case it's Josh Lucas as a spiffy, sweet and unnaturally passive pediatrician.
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But the other thing really bugging me about electronic charts in the cockpit is this: We're using all this spiffy technology to display something--a map--essentially unchanged since its invention.
India's spiffy run in car sales past year with nearly 30 percent growth has managed to buck the global slowdown and so far the volume trends this year have been very encouraging.
The county is contemplating the funding for a $10.3 million addition to the twin pad arena housing a spiffy indoor pool and fitness facility, the result of a consultant's report last fall.