Phrase guide

deck up

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To dress up; to deck out or gussy up oneself; to decorate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • She finished decking up and headed out to the club.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
  • The young girls were all fancied up for the party

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dress, get dressed

Narrower terms: preen, primp, plume, dress, prank, tart up, enrobe, bedizen, dizen

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: optutten — to dress up finely or elaborately
  • Finnish: pyntätä — to dress up finely or elaborately
  • Finnish: pynttäytyä — to dress up finely or elaborately
  • German: sich schick machen — to dress up finely or elaborately
  • Italian: essere tirato a lucido — to dress up finely or elaborately
  • Polish: stroić się — to dress up finely or elaborately
  • Polish: wystrajać się — to dress up finely or elaborately
  • Polish: wystroić się — to dress up finely or elaborately
  • Portuguese: embonecar — to dress up finely or elaborately
  • Portuguese: montar — to dress up finely or elaborately
  • Spanish: emperifollar — to dress up finely or elaborately
  • Spanish: empapirotar — to dress up finely or elaborately
  • Spanish: emperejilar — to dress up finely or elaborately