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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 v.0.48
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: dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy
up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, attire,
get up, rig out, tog up, tog out, overdress]
[ant: dress down]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
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