prink

prink
v
1. dress or dress up, deck or deck out, bedeck, bedizen, array, prank; decorate, adorn, ornament, trim, garnish, embellish; prettify, pretty, make pretty, beautify, make beautiful; perk up, brighten up, spruce up, smarten up, make smart, Inf. titivate, Sl. spiff up, Sl. jazz up.
2.(all of oneself) dress or dress up, deck out, Sl. doll up, Sl. dude up, dress to the teeth or hilt, Sl. gussy up; primp, prank, preen, groom, fuss over, Archaic. prune.

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  • Prink — Prink, v. t. To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically. And prink their hair with daisies. Cowper. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Prink — Prink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prinked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prinking}.] [Probably a nasalized form of prick. See {Prick}, v. t., and cf. {Prig}, {Prank}.] To dress or adjust one s self for show; to prank. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prink — prink·er; prink; …   English syllables

  • prink´er — prink «prihngk», transitive verb. to dress for show; decorate: »A sixteen storey tower packed with families and nattily prinked out in rectangles of daffodil and grey (Punch). –v.i. to fuss about appearance. ╂[origin uncertain. Perhaps related to …   Useful english dictionary

  • prink — [priŋk] vt., vi. [prob. altered (? infl. by PRIMP) < PRANK2] PRIMP …   English World dictionary

  • prink — 1. noun the act of prinking [...] And does my hair look very bad? , said Meg, as she turned from the glass in Mrs. Gardiners dressing room after a prolonged prink. 2. verb a) to look, gaze b) to dress finely …   Wiktionary

  • prink — verb (prink oneself) make minor adjustments to one s appearance. Origin C16: prob. related to archaic prank dress or adorn in a showy manner …   English new terms dictionary

  • prink — [[t]prɪŋk[/t]] v. t. 1) to deck or dress for show 2) to deck oneself out 3) to fuss over one s dress, esp. before the mirror • Etymology: 1570–80; appar. akin to prank II prink′er, n …   From formal English to slang

  • prink about — To behave archly or flirtatiously • • • Main Entry: ↑prink …   Useful english dictionary

  • Prink Callison — College coach infobox Name = Prink Callison DateOfBirth = August 15, 1899 Birthplace = DateOfDeath = June 17 1986 Deathplace = Laguna Hills, California Sport = Football College = Oregon Title = Head coach CurrentRecord = OverallRecord = 33 23 2… …   Wikipedia

  • prink oneself — make minor adjustments to one s appearance. → prink …   English new terms dictionary

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