primp

[primp]

verb (used with object)

1. to dress or adorn with care.

   Synonyms: prink, prettify, preen

verb (used without object)

1. to groom oneself carefully.

   The photographer waited while we primped.

   Synonyms: prink, prettify, preen

primp

/ prɪmp /

verb

1. to dress (oneself), esp in fine clothes; prink

Word History and Origins

Origin of primp¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; akin to prim ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of primp¹

C19: probably from _prim

Example Sentences

Contestants primp and pose for what they think will be selfies, never suspecting that to those running the game, they’re just a face and a number.

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Lian primped, using a tiny comb to make sure her bangs were perfect.

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Still busy primping, his white-tipped tail twitched along with the beat.

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"Tonight is the first day of the rest of my life," the man says as he primps expectantly.

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While that character, Fleur, primped and preened for an imagined camera as if on a livestream, she bragged about her “social media fluency” on an address to a “royal hiring academy.”

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