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verb
To dress or decorate in an especially fancy, elaborate, or excessive manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
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Synonyms: adorn, embellish, festoon
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Of a motor vehicle, etc.: to mod or customize an object, typically for the purposes of personalization and enhancing performance capabilities such as the ability to perform stunts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Synonyms: customize, modify
Antonyms: none provided
verb
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck 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
Perhaps from dialectal English trig out (“to dress smartly”), perhaps an alteration of rig out. More at trig.
