zoot up

verb

To dress in a zoot suit.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbzoot up (third-person singular simple present zoots up, present participle zooting up, simple past and past participle zooted up)

present singular third person zoots up · participle present zooting up · participle past zooted up · past zooted up

  1. USintransitiveslangTo dress in a zoot suit.

    No kidding. For the coolest threads in town, try Valentino’s Zootsuit Collection: Vintage Apparel & Collectibles at the corner of South Sixth Street and Charleston. If you only want to zoot up for a special occasion, rentals are available (call (702)[…]).

    2004, Bob Sehlinger, “Shopping in Las Vegas”, in The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas 2005, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 411
Cite this entry
APA

zoot up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoot%20up

MLA

“zoot up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoot%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zoot up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoot%20up.

Source: zoot up on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.