deck up

verb

To dress up; to deck out or gussy up oneself; to decorate.

“She finished decking up and headed out to the club.”

Similar
overdressdress upfig outfig upgussy upfancy uptrick updeck out
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Meanings

verbdeck up (third-person singular simple present decks up, present participle decking up, simple past and past participle decked up)

present singular third person decks up · participle present decking up · participle past decked up · past decked up

  1. intransitiveTo dress up; to deck out or gussy up oneself; to decorate.

    She finished decking up and headed out to the club.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbput on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

Similar
overdressdress upfig outfig upgussy upfancy uptrick updeck outtrick outprinkattireget uprig outtog uptog outdresscostume
Broader
dressget dressed
Also see
attiredeck outdress upfancy upfig outget upgussy upoverdressprinkrig outtrick outtrick up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch optutten
  • optuttento dress up finely or elaborately
Finnish pyntätä, pynttäytyä
  • pyntätäto dress up finely or elaborately
  • pynttäytyäto dress up finely or elaborately
German sich schick machen
  • sich schick machento dress up finely or elaborately
Italian essere tirato a lucido
  • essere tirato a lucidoto dress up finely or elaborately
Polish stroić się, wystrajać się
  • stroić sięto dress up finely or elaborately
  • wystrajać sięto dress up finely or elaborately
  • wystroić sięto dress up finely or elaborately
Portuguese embonecar, montar
  • embonecarto dress up finely or elaborately
  • montarto dress up finely or elaborately
Spanish emperifollar, empapirotar
  • emperifollarto dress up finely or elaborately
  • empapirotarto dress up finely or elaborately
  • emperejilarto dress up finely or elaborately
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APA

deck up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deck%20up

MLA

“deck up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deck%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deck up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deck%20up.

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