1. We gussied up the room before they came.

2. All the girls will be gussied up for the party.

3. They all got gussied up.

4. The interest quickly faded, and we rushed to gussy it up with pretty colors and animations.

5. Buy plain oatmeal and gussy it up yourself for breakfast with fruit or simply sub in oats instead of breadcrumbs in your favorite meatloaf or meatball recipe.

6. Do you think I could gussy up this old dress so that it's suitable for the party?

7. But gussy it up a bit, change the name, make it appear more expensive, and maybe it will work better, he said.

8. She is well turned out, while I have been known to use a kitchen sponge to gussy up my pants for work.