prink
Americanverb (used with object)
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prinks,
present (3rd person singular)
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prinked,
past participle, past
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prinking
present participle
verb (used without object)
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prinks,
present (3rd person singular)
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prinked,
past participle, past
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prinking
present participle
verb
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to dress (oneself, etc) finely; deck out
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(intr) to preen oneself
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
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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The half-dozen old maids in upper circles who had long since given up hope began to prink and perk themselves into an amazing state of rejuvenation,—revival, you might say.
From Her Weight in Gold by George Barr McCutcheon
They sat for a long time without speaking, these two women, watching him preen and prink, a bit of lively blue against the newborn green.
From Viola Gwyn by George Barr McCutcheon
I must go home an' prink Elly Precious an' Carruthers.
From Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings by Annie Hamilton Donnell
And you, Rizzio, who on your wedding-day, Mid rites of Venus And revels to Apollo, Wear pagan robes—and prink others in them— Rizzio.
From Porzia by Cale Young Rice
Mabbee ye'll have to prink up a little now that we've got a gentleman contractor in the ship.
From By Shore and Sedge by Bret Harte
He prinks in his violet robe of fine woven silk.
From The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Eugène Sue
Pride prinks her brow for the deil to pouse.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
Police looked for a clean, well-lighted bauble prinked with 41 diamonds, 113 pearls.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week artistic Manhattan primped and prinked for a distinguished guest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Five insets adorned the board, four containing tin-types of handsome human females coifed and prinked as was the fashion 35 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
So ducks and I dabbled and prinked in all innocence in the garden, which might well have been the garden of Eden for any hint it gave of a world beyond.
From Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan by Percival Lowell
The clocks had struck two when he reached Leppard Street, and the houses confronted him, their roofs and chimneys prinked with stars.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
In Jersey City, painters and carpenters swarmed about inside a great pinewood saucer, patching, prinking and tidying.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bolt's scenario preserves the prinking wit and rolling eloquence of the play, but the plot has been smoothed and straightened in its passage through the projector.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like Greene, Moore writes both serious works of art and prinking entertainments.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sister asked one night, finding Louise prinking before the hall mirror and Grace counting change from her mesh bag.
From Brother and Sister by Josephine Lawrence
Peter had not heard Mrs. Bohlmann say to her husband the evening before, as they were prinking for dinner: "Have you told Mr. Stirling about your law business?"
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Paul Leicester Ford
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