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
With the crowd at Madison Square Garden chanting for Daniel the popular golden retriever, judge Bob Slay instead picked the perfectly primped and poised black poodle Tuesday night.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 12, 2020
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
Lovely ladies are primped and primed for “The 2018 Miss America Competition.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2017
Even though I've been dressed and measured and primped so many times, I still hate the feeling in these moments that my body doesn't belong to me.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
