verb
- to dress up or make more attractive, especially in a showy or elaborate way
Usage: informal; often used with ‘up’
Examples
- She gussied up for the party in her best dress.
- The restaurant gussied up their menu with fancy descriptions.
- He spent an hour gussying himself up before the date.
- They gussied up the old house with new paint and decorations.
- Don’t gussy up your presentation too much – keep it simple.
- The store gussied up their window display for the holidays.