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Meaning of PRINK

Pronunciation:  preengk

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  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"
  2. [v]  dress very carefully and in a finicky manner
 
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 Synonyms: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up
 
 Antonyms: dress down, underdress
 
 See Also: bedizen, dizen, enrobe, get dressed, plume, prank, preen, primp, tart up

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
  2. \Prink\, v. t.
    To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically. ``And prink
    their hair with daisies.'' --Cowper.
    
 

 

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