dress-up

dress-up

See also: dress up

English

Etymology

From the verb phrase dress up.

Noun

dress-up (uncountable)

1. (informal) A child's game of putting on different clothes and pretending to be different people.
   • 1995, Working Mother, The Power of Dress-up (volume 18, number 2, page 48)

     One day, I happened to catch a glimpse of my daughter Annie, age three, playing dress-up with her pals at the family day care program she attends twice a week. Each child had a hat on his or her head and was pretending to be a circus clown.

Coordinate terms

• cosplay

Derived terms

• dress-up game
• dress-up party

Translations

Translations

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