PRIMP - 9 definitions found
primp v 1: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume, dress] primp 1801, probably an extension of prim. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) primp verb Etymology: perhaps alteration of 1prim Date: 1801 transitive verb to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner intransitive verb to dress or groom oneself carefully <primps for hours before a date> Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary primp prɪmp v.tr. 1 make (the hair, one's clothes, etc.) tidy. 2 refl. make (oneself) smart. [dial. var. of PRIM] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Primp \Primp\, v. i. & t. [Cf. Prim, a.] To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) primp prɪmp v. preen, prink, prettify, titivate or tittivate, plume, dress up, groom, Colloq doll up, get (all) dolled up, spruce up, put on one's best bib and tucker, Chiefly Brit tart up, get (all) tarted up, Slang deck out, trick out or up, put on one's glad rags, Brit fig out, US gussy up, get (all) gussied up, dude up: She was primping before the mirror, awaiting the arrival of her beau. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 56 Moby Thesaurus words for "primp": adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, color, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enrich, fancy up, fig out, fix up, furbish, garnish, get up, grace, groom, gussy up, ornament, overdress, paint, plume, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, pretty up, primp up, prink, prink up, rag out, redecorate, redo, refurbish, set off, set out, slick, slick up, smarten, smarten up, spiff, spruce up, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim |
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