PRINK - 8 definitions found
prink v 1: dress very carefully and in a finicky manner 2: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party" [syn: overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up}, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out}, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out}] [ant: dress down, underdress] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) prink verb Etymology: probably alteration of 2prank Date: 1576 primp • prinker noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary prink prɪŋk v. 1 tr. (usu. refl.) a make (oneself etc.) smart. b (foll. by up) smarten (oneself) up. c (of a bird) preen. 2 intr. dress oneself up. [16th c.: prob. f. prank dress, adorn, rel. to MLG prank pomp, Du. pronk finery] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Prink \Prink\, v. t. To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically. ``And prink their hair with daisies.'' --Cowper. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms prink I. v. a. Deck, adorn, decorate. II. v. n. Spruce, dress finically or ostentatiously, prank. |
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