prink

[ pringk ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to dress, groom, or decorate (someone or something) in a careful and showy manner: He prinked and preened himself in preparation for the dance.Prink your hair with ribbons.The gazebo was prinked with flowers and buntings.

verb (used without object)
  1. to dress or groom oneself with care and attention: She stopped before the mirror and prinked.

Origin of prink

1
First recorded in 1570–80; apparently akin to prank2

Other words from prink

  • prinker, noun

Words Nearby prink

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How to use prink in a sentence

  • Then I am going back to the hotel for an hour's rest and to prink, and afterwards into the Sporting Club at four o'clock.

    Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Many a marriageable maiden who came to view the trousseau went home to prink and blush and watch for the shadchan.

    The Promised Land | Mary Antin
  • No stopping to prink at the last moment, no forgetting something when it is too late to go back for it.

  • I came in here just to remind you to begin to prink before dinner or youd never be ready.

  • What I have to endure, V., waiting while you prink, no tongue can tell.

    Peggy | Laura E. Richards

British Dictionary definitions for prink

prink

/ (prɪŋk) /


verb
  1. to dress (oneself, etc) finely; deck out

  2. (intr) to preen oneself

Origin of prink

1
C16: probably changed from prank ² (to adorn, decorate)

Derived forms of prink

  • prinker, noun

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