Idioms

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. Anyone coming to my New Year's Eve party better be gussied up. Ladies, I want to see lots of sequins!
See also: gussied, up

gussy up

To dress or decorate someone, something, or oneself in order to create a fancier or more attractive appearance. 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 gala event tonight. This room is so plain. How can we gussy it up for the party tonight?
See also: up
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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. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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 Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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References in periodicals archive
And be sure to stop by on a Friday for popular fish tacos, gussied up with mango chutney.
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
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".
Country may be the plainspoken music of rural America, but it certainly got gussied up on its way to the hit parade.
The scene of a gussied up bride running on the road seeking help drew a large crowd.
Finding the babysitter, organizing the activities, getting gussied up ...
Your example has had the barrels cut off and someone has gussied up the stock to try and make it look like an "Old West" Wells Fargo gun.
But, Vice's first appearance is definitely not destitute, she's all glammed and gussied up and even has a retinue of similarly garish gay amigas.
Because the iconic Lark Lane eatery is being gussied up with a new "lick of paint" - the first it's had in many years.
Julian, a guest at her South of France house, said: "She was gussied up in hat, scarf and sunglasses.
He said: "She was in the pool on one of those inflatable armchairs, all gussied up in hat, scarf and sunglasses.
Julian explained: "She was on one of those inflatable armchairs, all gussied up in hat, scarf and sunglasses.
A playful riff on Hitchcock's To Catch A Thief, gussied up with split-screen gimmickry.
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