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Definition of prink in English: prinkverb prɪŋkprɪŋk prink oneselfSpend time making minor adjustments to one's appearance. 精心打扮 women were prinking themselves in front of the looking glass 女人们在梳妆镜前精心打扮。 Example sentencesExamples - 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.
Synonyms groom, tidy, arrange, brush, comb, smooth, smarten (up), spruce up, freshen (up), beautify, pretty, preen, primp informal titivate, doll up British informal tart up North American informal gussy up archaic plume, trig (up)
OriginLate 16th century: probably related to archaic prank 'dress or adorn in a showy manner'; related to Middle Low German prank 'pomp', Dutch pronk 'finery'. Rhymesbethink, blink, brink, cinque, clink, dink, drink, fink, Frink, gink, ink, interlink, jink, kink, link, mink, pink, plink, rink, shrink, sink, skink, slink, stink, sync, think, wink, zinc Definition of prink in US English: prinkverbpriNGkprɪŋk prink oneselfSpend time making minor adjustments to one's appearance; primp. 精心打扮 prinking themselves in front of the mirror 女人们在梳妆镜前精心打扮。 Example sentencesExamples - 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.
Synonyms groom, tidy, arrange, brush, comb, smooth, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, freshen, freshen up, beautify, pretty, preen, primp
OriginLate 16th century: probably related to archaic prank ‘dress or adorn in a showy manner’; related to Middle Low German prank ‘pomp’, Dutch pronk ‘finery’. |