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gussying

gussying is the present participle and gerund of gussy.

Meaning of gussy

Verb

gussy (third-person singular simple present gussies, present participle gussying, simple past and past participle gussied)

  1. (US) To dress up or decorate in a showy way.

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Phrases with gussying

Questions about gussying

What is gussying the present participle and gerund of?
Gussying is the present participle and gerund of gussy.

Words near gussying in the dictionary

  1. Gussows
  2. gussuk
  3. gussuks
  4. gussy
  5. gussy up
  6. gussying
  7. gussying up
  8. gust
  9. gust decay time
  10. gust formation time
  11. gust formation times

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gussying (page history and authors); gussy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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