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duding up

duding up is the present participle and gerund of dude up.

Meaning of dude up

Verb

dude up (third-person singular simple present dudes up, present participle duding up, simple past and past participle duded up)

  1. (US, ambitransitive) To dress up; to dress in smart or special clothes.
    • No real hand would ever dude himself up in Wild West clothes, like chaps with silver conchas and fifty-dollar boots so skintight the man's feet were starting to curl like a ram's horns.2014, Penelope Williamson, The Outsider, page 168

Questions about duding up

What is duding up the present participle and gerund of?
Duding up is the present participle and gerund of dude up.

Words near duding up in the dictionary

  1. dudier
  2. dudiest
  3. dudine
  4. dudines
  5. duding
  6. duding up
  7. Dudinka
  8. dudish
  9. dudishly
  10. dudishness
  11. dudism

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