prink
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.
to dress or groom oneself with care and attention: She stopped before the mirror and prinked.
Origin of prink
1Other 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 OppenheimMany a marriageable maiden who came to view the trousseau went home to prink and blush and watch for the shadchan.
The Promised Land | Mary AntinNo stopping to prink at the last moment, no forgetting something when it is too late to go back for it.
A Dear Little Girl's Summer Holidays | Amy E. BlanchardI came in here just to remind you to begin to prink before dinner or youd never be ready.
The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies | Grace Brooks HillWhat I have to endure, V., waiting while you prink, no tongue can tell.
Peggy | Laura E. Richards
British Dictionary definitions for prink
/ (prɪŋk) /
to dress (oneself, etc) finely; deck out
(intr) to preen oneself
Origin of prink
1Derived forms of prink
- prinker, noun
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