trick out

Verb

trick out (third-person singular simple present tricks out, present participle tricking out, simple past and past participle tricked out)

1. (informal, transitive) To dress or decorate in an especially fancy, elaborate, or excessive manner.
   • Tom was to be sure, what is called a good boy; he never soiled his clothes, as I did. I was always considered as a rantipole, for whom any thing was good enough. But when I saw my brother tricked out in new clothes, and his old duds covering me like a scarecrow, I appeal to any honourable mind...1829, [Frederick Marryat], chapter V, in The Naval Officer; or, Scenes and Adventures in the Life of Frank Mildmay. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 150
   • We went down a flight of fifteen steps below the ground level, and stood in a small chapel tricked out with tapestry hangings, silver lamps, and oil paintings.1869, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter L, in The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims’ Progress; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company. […], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   adorn, embellish, festoon

2. (informal, transitive) Of a motor vehicle, etc.: to mod or customize an object, typically for the purposes of personalization and enhancing performance capabilities such as the ability to perform stunts.
   • His friends were particularly impressed with the way he tricked out his Ruckus.
   • Tricking out cars, trucks, and SUVs with the likes of body kits, engine boosters, custom colors, and wheels has become a $30 billion a year business.2007 April 5, Davide Kiley, “Ford, Funkmaster Flex Co-Pimp a Ride”, in Bloomberg Businessweek, retrieved 04 Aug 2010

   Synonyms:

   customize, modify