Definition of "gussy" []

• Slang To dress or decorate elaborately; adorn or embellish: gussied herself up in sequins and feathers. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Rather than purchasing expensive table linens, we chose to highlight ONE element … the ruffled chairs … and rather "gussy" up the plain white and gray linens that we ordered."
• "While the recipe for the "gussy" sandwich (fried pickles, spinach, goat cheese and come-back sauce) is not included, the spirit of the book is such that readers should be willing to come up with a decent version of the gussy themselves."
• "Maybe Netlogo should hire a designer to gussy up their applets."