Meanings of titivate in English

When she heard I was going to England she said: 'Why, then, my dear Kitty, you must titivate up.

To titivate the land

Extra staff were flown in from Australia and Britain to wash, clip, teach and titivate so the animals present well on the night.

She only thinks of spending, and titivating herself.

She'd no more taste a magnum bonum, before it is all titivated up with sugar, than-than-than

"Titivating herself?" Good heavens, she is helping the very earth to revolve!

"I'm sorry; I don't usually answer the door without a chance to titivate."

He was reluctantly taking his turn on the family egg while Mrs. Daisy stretched and titivated herself after her domestic labours.

Why can't programme makers accept we are interested in the content and don't need to be titivated by annoying background musical drivel?

While you were titivating yourself at the hotel at Carhaix, I was running round to see what information I could pick up.

She only hoped he wasn't titivating himself, slicking his hair and freshening his breath in the hope of talking her into bed.

Here is the debonnaire animal finally titivated, and I quite agree, much improved, though I mourn the loss of some of the spice.

Three special gardeners who attended to their wants were grooming and massaging them, soothing and titivating them, for their temporary appearances in public.

They would never dream of using such dubious words, but it was rather titivating to hear someone else use them-anda girl, at that.

"What about all this stuff?" she asks, while titivating herself; "we'd better not leave it about, it looks so untidy."