Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To adorn (oneself) in a showy manner.
- intransitive verb To dress or groom oneself with elaborate care or vanity; primp.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To look; gaze.
- To prank; dress for show; adorn one's self.
- To strut; put on pompous airs; be pretentious or forward.
- To deck; adorn; dress ostentatiously or fantastically.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank.
- transitive verb To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the act of
prinking - verb to
look ,gaze - verb to
dress finely,primp - verb to
strut , put onpompous airs, bepretentious - verb to give a
wink ; towink .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb dress very carefully and in a finicky manner
- verb put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I used to refill with "prink" ink the cartridges of an old model of HP inkget.
LinuxQuestions.org 2009
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The printer died and the new HP Deskjet 4200 does not like the B&W cartridge (model 350) to be refilled with "prink" products.
LinuxQuestions.org 2009
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High ice crystals prink its blue like a snowfield.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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Banquet spreads did not, later, bring her to the prink of what would become her preferred habit, binge and purge.
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With guerillaman aspear aspoor to prink the pranks of primkissies.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Saturday was breakfast and more chat until car-picking up and the eventual drive back to Oxford -- arrived in plenty of time to shower and prink / preen before the Kellogg College formal hall.
Stuff and more stuff jinty 2006
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You heard the Postmaster was here and so you must prink and prim yourself in front of the mirror — look on this side and that side and all around.
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Some -- a reporter who covered elections told us he saw one prink -- precinct captain pull down the lever 70 different -- 70 times at the start of the day.
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And Polly ran into her own room, to prink also, fearing that her friend might be ashamed of her plain costume.
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The friends had a social "cup o 'tea" upstairs, which Polly considered the height of luxury, and then each took a mirror and proceeded to prink to her heart's content.
jeffazi commented on the word prink
*to dress very carefully and in a finicky manner
* to dress up: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
October 31, 2007
reesetee commented on the word prink
Not to be confused with pronk, of course. Unless you're a springbok with a penchant for fancy clothing. ;-)
November 1, 2007
madmouth commented on the word prink
Nigella: "I don't go in for prinking"
August 7, 2010