- being an occasion, situation, etc., for which one must be somewhat formally well-dressed: the first dress-up dance of the season.
- Informal.Usually dress-ups.
- a person's best clothes: Wear your dress-ups for the reception.
- accessories or other added features: a car with custom dress-ups.
- to attire (oneself or another) in one's best clothes
- to put fancy dress, disguise, etc, on (oneself or another), as in children's games
- to improve the appearance or impression of
