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Definition of gussy in English: gussyverbgussying, gussies, gussied ˈɡʌsiˈɡəsi [with object]gussy someone/something upNorth American informal Make someone or something more attractive, especially in a showy or gimmicky way. 〈非正式，主北美〉把…打扮（或装饰）得吸引人（或花哨） shopkeepers gussied up their window displays 店主们把他们的橱窗装点得花花绿绿。 Example sentencesExamples - Part of the larger Gateway Village complex, the lofts gussy up the streetscape and hide a huge parking garage behind them.
- Then they gussy them up with brilliant transfers, polished sound, and more extras than many big budget studios provide in an entire quarter's output.
- He gussies the desserts up with one good strawberry, a wedge of papaya and some pretty but underripe star fruit.
- It took approximately twenty minutes for her to finish gussying me up with make-up and hair products until she finally stood back to admire her work.
- This might be one of the saddest songs ever written, and instead of trying to gussy it up or use it to show off her pipes, Osborne just wraps the thing in a big fat hug.
- He dropped them into a cast-iron skillet with olive oil and garlic, doused them with sherry and butter, and gussied them up with vermicelli.
- They can try to gussy it up all they want, but baseball remains essentially an idler's game.
- Teams of specialists on the ground gussy them up for public consumption.
- This brilliantly colored merry-go-round of a cake is gussied up in minutes.
- Well, I'll gussy it up, stick it in a frame or some such to hang in my office (read: bathroom) until such time comes for me to display it publicly.
- He built a few variations, gussied them up with silver neoprene skirts, then took out his first ad in the April 1974 issue of Boys' Life.
- ‘Some mini blinds would look nice in here,’ they suggest, while in their hearts they know that if we don't gussy the joint up, no woman will ever have us.
- RD's takes the same concept and gussies it up for the theatre district.
- If this is the revamped, ‘exciting’ version of the show, I'd hate to think what it'd have been like if they hadn't gussied it up.
- It's a good thing the cover is not gussied up or cheapened with Courbet paintings.
- I would stake good money that the tracks are identical, just another way to make it seem like this flick has been gussied up when really it's still some lame import transfer with little alteration.
Synonyms groom, tidy, arrange, brush, comb, smooth, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, freshen, freshen up, beautify, pretty, preen, primp, prink, prink up
Origin1940s: perhaps from Gussie, pet form of the given name Augustus. Definition of gussy in US English: gussyverbˈɡəsēˈɡəsi [with object]gussy someone/something upNorth American informal Make someone or something more attractive, especially in a showy or gimmicky way. 〈非正式，主北美〉把…打扮（或装饰）得吸引人（或花哨） shopkeepers gussied up their window displays 店主们把他们的橱窗装点得花花绿绿。 Example sentencesExamples - He built a few variations, gussied them up with silver neoprene skirts, then took out his first ad in the April 1974 issue of Boys' Life.
- Teams of specialists on the ground gussy them up for public consumption.
- It's a good thing the cover is not gussied up or cheapened with Courbet paintings.
- If this is the revamped, ‘exciting’ version of the show, I'd hate to think what it'd have been like if they hadn't gussied it up.
- ‘Some mini blinds would look nice in here,’ they suggest, while in their hearts they know that if we don't gussy the joint up, no woman will ever have us.
- They can try to gussy it up all they want, but baseball remains essentially an idler's game.
- RD's takes the same concept and gussies it up for the theatre district.
- He dropped them into a cast-iron skillet with olive oil and garlic, doused them with sherry and butter, and gussied them up with vermicelli.
- Well, I'll gussy it up, stick it in a frame or some such to hang in my office (read: bathroom) until such time comes for me to display it publicly.
- He gussies the desserts up with one good strawberry, a wedge of papaya and some pretty but underripe star fruit.
- This might be one of the saddest songs ever written, and instead of trying to gussy it up or use it to show off her pipes, Osborne just wraps the thing in a big fat hug.
- It took approximately twenty minutes for her to finish gussying me up with make-up and hair products until she finally stood back to admire her work.
- I would stake good money that the tracks are identical, just another way to make it seem like this flick has been gussied up when really it's still some lame import transfer with little alteration.
- Part of the larger Gateway Village complex, the lofts gussy up the streetscape and hide a huge parking garage behind them.
- Then they gussy them up with brilliant transfers, polished sound, and more extras than many big budget studios provide in an entire quarter's output.
- This brilliantly colored merry-go-round of a cake is gussied up in minutes.
Synonyms groom, tidy, arrange, brush, comb, smooth, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, freshen, freshen up, beautify, pretty, preen, primp, prink, prink up
Origin1940s: perhaps from Gussie, pet form of the given name Augustus. |