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glamming up

glamming up is the present participle and gerund of glam up.

Meaning of glam up

Verb

glam up (third-person singular simple present glams up, present participle glamming up, simple past and past participle glammed up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To make (someone or something) more glamorous.
    • He would become absorbed in what he was doing and forget that they were going out to a reception at the City Hall or somewhere. Stella would appear at the study door all glammed up in her best coat and he would look up from his reading like a startled animal caught drinking at a watering hole.2017, Bernard MacLaverty, “Chapter 10”, in Midwinter Break, page 204
  2. (informal, intransitive) To make oneself more glamorous.
    • Gettin' glammed up and sittin' on the fence now2007, Jules De Martino, Katie White, “That's Not My Name”, performed by The Ting Tings

Questions about glamming up

What is glamming up the present participle and gerund of?
Glamming up is the present participle and gerund of glam up.

Words near glamming up in the dictionary

  1. glammer
  2. glammeries
  3. glammery
  4. glammest
  5. glamming
  6. glamming up
  7. glammy
  8. glamor
  9. glamor issue
  10. glamor issues
  11. glamor model

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