primp
verb (used with object)
to dress or adorn with care.
primped
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past participleof primp.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof primp.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
primpverb (used with object)to dress or adorn with care.
Example Sentences
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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.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
Stewart gave up bread and pasta, took Pilates classes and was flown to the Dominican Republic, where she was coiffed and primped and handed a few designer bathing suits to try on for size.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2023
Rather than any of the 57 goldens entered this year, the best in show bowl is more likely to wind up with a wired wire fox terrier or a perfectly primped poodle.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2019
In a scruffy prefab at West Ham United’s training ground a bunch of unlikely lads are being primped and primed for a glamorous photo shoot.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2017
A Lee cousin primped up slightly wilted heads of lettuce the way a girl primps a loose finger wave.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
