Verb (used with object) : a room gussied up with mirrors and lights. From Dictionary.com.
But there's hardly any way to gussy this up at this point. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: The Florida Recount: State Supreme Court Orders Election Officials to Accept Manual Recounts; Bush Campaign Denounces Ruling - November 21, 2000] Reference
Oh the pundits gussy up their reasons for requesting the claws. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Lewis: Dems Dancing To GOP & Media's Song...] Reference
Maybe Netlogo should hire a designer to gussy up their applets. From Wordnik.com. [hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Artificial Intelligence in Flash] Reference
In those instances it's a waste and wrong to try to gussy it up. From Wordnik.com. [The "Stupid" Dialogue.] Reference
One trick is to think of a phrase you won't forget, then gussy it up. From Wordnik.com. [A friendly reminder: Make your password less hacker-friendly] Reference
Cowardice is cowardice no matter how you Obamanaughts try to gussy it up. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Doubts Forums’ Chances - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Do as those in the know and have an artist gussy up a Longchamp Le Pliage bag. From Wordnik.com. [Michele Wissot: Fix Finder: Excess Baggage] Reference
Sure some games like to gussy up the names but the results are still the same. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
Seems to me he is complicit in trying to gussy up the threat, just like in Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Iran-amok in the Illinois Tenth or Why Mark Kirk Can't Get His Intelligence Straight, Part II] Reference
A vote to fund war and gussy it up by throwing a few pennies at the minimum wage!. From Wordnik.com. [Obama, Hillary Both Vote Against The No-Timelines Iraq Funding Bill] Reference
"They needed to gussy me up a bit because I was so exceedingly plain," she writes. From Wordnik.com. [If at First You Don't Succeed,] Reference
I've tried and I've tried to gussy up eggplant to sneak it by them, but so far, no luck. From Wordnik.com. [Baked Penne with Eggplant] Reference
Here are several ways that investment managers can gussy up an ugly portfolio at year end. From Wordnik.com. [Pay Attention to That Window Behind the Curtain] Reference
No need to waste time or gussy something up if you've already discovered a solution that works. From Wordnik.com. [The Wisdom of Engineers, Part 1] Reference
Still, your decision to gussy up when you don't really mean it does verge on false advertising. From Wordnik.com. [Carolyn Hax: Future sister-in-law looks like a usurper] Reference
Pasquarelli is letting his firm be used to gussy up a degraded project with architectural flimflam. From Wordnik.com. [Atlantic Yards Firm Works Fast, Suffers Yet Another Animal Metaphor] Reference
Some say Schulhof wants Sagansky to gussy up the place so he can sell a chunk of the film division. From Wordnik.com. [Sony Gets A Brand New Action Hero] Reference
Each year I gussy things up with temporary pretties like a few fuschia, mandeville vine, and the like. From Wordnik.com. [Toast:] Reference
Follow the advice of its creator, and do not be tempted to gussy it up, or the balance will be spoiled. From Wordnik.com. [Hot, Sweet Spaghetti] Reference
No matter how the producers try to gussy up the presentation -- "let's have Beyonce sing all the songs!". From Wordnik.com. [Clint Eastwood, Once More With Feeling!] Reference
Go ahead and download the original image, then gussy it up with the battle scene you'd like to play out. From Wordnik.com. [Transform the 'Transformers'-in-D.C. photo] Reference
You can gussy it up all you like, but the policy position differences between Clinton and Obama are very small. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Obama gaining support with key Clinton demographics] Reference
A fellow 101er, Eric Falconer, used some of his VH1 cash to gussy up his space with a wall-mounted decorative sword. From Wordnik.com. [Requiem for a Micro-celebrity] Reference
Jeanine Vailes -- Sang Maroon 5's "This Love," and her attempts to gussy it up didn't come close; a train wreck really. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Giltz: American Idol -- Top 36 Round Two: The Winners!] Reference
Which goes to show, I'd hazard to guess, that no matter how much you gussy up a pile of manure, it is still going to stink. From Wordnik.com. [Film] Reference
I don't care how you gussy it up - it's slimy, it's disgusting, and its inside looks like some sort of alien gestation chamber. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetables For People Who Hate Vegetables] Reference
Of course, Google designers aren't the only people who can use the powerful tool of evil that is Photoshop to gussy up their logo. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Jury: 13 Inappropriate Google Logos (PHOTOS)] Reference
At 85, baseball's grand old dame will gussy up one more time when Yankee Stadium hosts Major League Baseball's 79th All-Star Game today. From Wordnik.com. [For 85 years, history hit home in 'House That Ruth Built'] Reference
This is a huge venue with many corners to gussy and much room to play. From Wordnik.com. [souldish (( high frequency culture ))] Reference
And you can gussy them up with tons of toppings just like you would a regular burger. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
So a few years before that the Israeli government decided to gussy the whole city center up. From Wordnik.com. ['Just World News' with Helena Cobban] Reference
From there, I decided to have some fun with it, gussy the place up a bit, and see how it works. From Wordnik.com. [Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com] Reference
Few established software vendors have argued that the cloud will gussy up their financial metrics. From Wordnik.com. [Resources | ZDNet] Reference
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