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hussy up

hussy up verb: to dress so as to be more sexually attractive, often applying excessive makeup or wearing revealing clothing.

Verb

hussy up (third-person singular simple present hussies up, present participle hussying up, simple past and past participle hussied up)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, intransitive) To dress so as to be more sexually attractive, often applying excessive makeup or wearing revealing clothing.
    • Look at her, all hussied up with her makeup and fishnet stockings! For shame!
    Synonyms:
    hussy it up, slut up, slut it up, tart up

Synonyms of hussy up

Forms of hussy up

third-person singular presenthussies up
present participlehussying up
past participlehussied up
pasthussied up

Questions about hussy up

What does hussy up mean?
Hussy up means to dress so as to be more sexually attractive, often applying excessive makeup or wearing revealing clothing.
What part of speech is hussy up?
Hussy up is a verb.
What is the past tense of hussy up?
The past tense of hussy up is hussied up.

Words near hussy up in the dictionary

  1. husstuss
  2. husstusses
  3. husstussie
  4. husstussies
  5. hussy
  6. hussy up
  7. hussydom
  8. hussying up
  9. hussyness
  10. Hust
  11. Hustad

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