goth up
goth up verb: to dress or decorate in the style of goth subculture.
Verb (1)
goth up (third-person singular simple present goths up, present participle gothing up, simple past and past participle gothed up)
- To dress or decorate in the style of goth subculture.
- Toward the evening, we return to our bed and breakfast in order to get 'gothed up', which entails making our appearance as impressive as possible...2002, Paul Hodkinson, Goth: Identity, Style and Subculture
- The goth gardeners have suggestions for gothing up a garden, whether it's in a yard, in a container, in window boxes, on a rooftop...2004, Nancy Kilpatrick, The Goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined
Verb (2) capitalized: Goth up
Goth up (third-person singular simple present Goths up, present participle Gothing up, simple past and past participle Gothed up)
- Alternative letter-case form of goth up.
- There were a lot of young girls, in their early-twenties she guessed, many of them either Gothed up in thick black mascara and black lip stick, others looking like stereotypical Beat Girls in black rollnecks and jeans.2003, James Burr, “Blue”, in L. H. Maynard, M. P. N. Sims, editors, Darkness Rising 2003, Canton, Oh.: Prime Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 13
- On Saturday nights we'd all get Gothed up and trek down to Houston and Avenue A.2004, Mark Jacobson, Rae Jacobson, 12,000 Miles in the Nick of Time
Forms of goth up
| third-person singular present | goths up |
|---|---|
| present participle | gothing up |
| past participle | gothed up |
| past | gothed up |
| alternative form | Goth up |
| third-person singular present | Goths up |
| present participle | Gothing up |
| past participle | Gothed up |
| past | Gothed up |
Questions about goth up
- What does goth up mean?
- Goth up means to dress or decorate in the style of goth subculture.
- What part of speech is goth up?
- Goth up is a verb.
- What is the past tense of goth up?
- The past tense of goth up is gothed up.
Words near goth up in the dictionary
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