overdressing

verb

present participle of overdress
as in clothing

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  1. clothing
  2. tricking
  3. dressing
  4. rigging
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  • His work finds a means of using technology, engineering, and performance to ask what a garment might be capable of beyond simply clothing the body.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Not feeding the hungry, not tending to the sick, not clothing the naked, not welcoming the refugee.
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
Definition of clothing
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  • The top-performing red teamer on the original Arena was a lawyer from Melbourne who just happened to be good at tricking models into jumping their guardrails.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • RatHat relies heavily on tricking someone into installing a malicious Android app and approving powerful permissions.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of tricking
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  • Johnny Was, reimagines everyday dressing through expressive prints, rich colors, and intricate detailing combining Natori’s heritage in luxury intimate apparel with Johnny Was’s relaxed, bohemian sensibility.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Again, these can be seamlessly slotted into consumers’ occasion dressing in a manner that typical costumes cannot.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of dressing
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  • Cinelease, founded in 1977, has since bolted on rigging firm C&C Studio Services as well as barricade firm West Coast Fencing to build out its own services unit.
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2026
  • There are already signs that the scandal could go much deeper than rigging the salary cap and arranging no-show endorsement deals.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of rigging
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