Usually means: Make more attractive or fancy.
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  1. gussy up: Merriam-Webster
  2. gussy up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gussy up: Vocabulary.com
  4. gussy up: Wiktionary
  5. gussy up: Dictionary.com
  6. gussy up: Rhymezone
  7. gussy up: FreeDictionary.org
  8. gussy up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. gussy up: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. gussy up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. gussy up: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gussy up: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gussy up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See gussied_up as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gussy up)

verb:  (informal, intransitive) To don fancy clothing; to dress up particularly in flattering or specially altered garments.
verb:  (informal, transitive) To make fancy or attractive, as by artificial or contrived means.

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