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What (who) is dressed up - definition

IN-PERSON OR VIDEO GAME INVOLVING COSTUMES OR FASHION APPLIED TO ONESELF OR A VIRTUAL MODEL OR CHARACTER
Dress Up; Doll maker (Internet); Dress up games; Dressed up; Frankendoll; Frankendolling; Dress-Up
  • Halloween costume party with a ghost

dressed up         
1.
If someone is dressed up, they are wearing special clothes, in order to look smarter than usual or in order to disguise themselves.
You're all dressed up. Are you going somewhere?...
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
2.
If you say that something is dressed up as something else, you mean that someone has tried to make it more acceptable or attractive by making it seem like that other thing.
He tried to organise things so that the trip would be dressed up as a UN mission.
ADJ: v-link ADJ as/in n [disapproval]
3.
dressed up to the nines: see nine
dress up         
v. (D; intr., tr.) to dress up as (he dressed up as a cowboy; they dressed her up as a ballerina)
Dress-up         
Dress-up is a children's game in which costumes or clothing are put on a person or on a doll, for role-playing or aesthetics purposes. In the mid-1990s, dress-up games also became a video game genre itself in which customizing a virtual character's appearance is the primary focus.

Wikipedia

Dress-up

Dress-up is a children's game in which costumes or clothing are put on a person or on a doll, for role-playing or aesthetics purposes. In the UK the game is called dressing up. In the mid-1990s, dress-up games also became a video game genre in which customizing a virtual character's appearance is the primary focus.

Examples of use of dressed up
1. "They‘re fundamental truths dressed up in parables.
2. None of the others had dressed up – except the host.
3. "Protectionism dressed up as patriotism is still protectionism," Darling said.
4. Friends told Donna Lacey about the dressed–up gas station.
5. These are half–baked gestures dressed up as policy.