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tart up

tart up verb: to dress so as to be more sexually attractive, especially with make-up and revealing clothing.

Verb

tart up (third-person singular simple present tarts up, present participle tarting up, simple past and past participle tarted up)

  1. (ambitransitive, informal) To dress so as to be more sexually attractive, especially with make-up and revealing clothing.
    Synonyms:
    hussy up, hussy it up, slut up, slut it up
  2. (informal, intransitive) To dress garishly.
    Synonyms:
    jazz up
  3. (informal, transitive) To modify or repackage a product, service, or idea to make it more attractive or easier to sell.
    • They tarted up their business plan.
    Synonyms:
    zhoosh, zhoosh up

Synonyms of tart up

All synonyms of tart up

Forms of tart up

third-person singular presenttarts up
present participletarting up
past participletarted up
pasttarted up

Questions about tart up

What does tart up mean?
Tart up means to dress so as to be more sexually attractive, especially with make-up and revealing clothing.
What part of speech is tart up?
Tart up is a verb.
What is the past tense of tart up?
The past tense of tart up is tarted up.

Words near tart up in the dictionary

  1. tart burners
  2. tart card
  3. tart cards
  4. tart cherry
  5. tart ring
  6. tart up
  7. Tartaglione
  8. tartan
  9. Tartan Army
  10. tartan noir
  11. tartan tax

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