prink
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
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to dress (oneself, etc) finely; deck out
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(intr) to preen oneself
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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prinksimple
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prinkssimple
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have prinkedperfect
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has prinkedperfect
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am prinkingprogressive
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are prinkingprogressive
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is prinkingprogressive
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have been prinkingperfect progressive
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has been prinkingperfect progressive
Past
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prinkedsimple
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had prinkedperfect
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was prinkingprogressive
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were prinkingprogressive
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had been prinkingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of prink
First recorded in 1570–80; apparently akin to prank 2
Example Sentences
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Getting so you fuss if you have square-topped hairpins instead of round, and letting milliners sell you any sort of hats because you are too busy to prink!
From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro
I came in here just to remind you to begin to prink before dinner or you’d never be ready.”
From The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended by Hill, Grace Brooks
Mebbee ye'll have to prink up a little now that we've got a gentleman contractor in the ship.
From Frontier Stories by Harte, Bret
They accepted with pleasure and withdrew to prink.
From The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)
"If I took as much time to prink as you do I believe I could fuss myself up to look like something."
From The Bachelors A Novel by Orcutt, William Dana
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