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Definition of Prink
1. Verb. Dress very carefully and in a finicky manner.
2. Verb. Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive. "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
Specialized synonyms: Dress, Plume, Preen, Primp, Prank, Tart Up, Enrobe, Bedizen, Dizen
Related verbs: Dress, Dress Up, Costume, Dress Up
Generic synonyms: Dress, Get Dressed
Derivative terms: Attire, Getup, Rigout
Also: Dress
Antonyms: Dress Down, Underdress
Definition of Prink
1. v. i. To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank.
2. v. t. To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically.
Definition of Prink
1. Verb. (obsolete or dialectal) to give a wink; to wink. ¹
2. Noun. the act of prinking ¹
3. Verb. to look, gaze ¹
4. Verb. to dress finely, primp ¹
5. Verb. to strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prink
1. to dress or adorn in a showy manner [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prink
Literary usage of Prink
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1896)
"prink, 51 Conn. 342, 50 Am. Rep. left unfastened, or improperly and negli- 24.
gently secured, but does not necessarily indi- cate by whom he was so left, ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"prink, ». (1) To adorn ; to be smart. (2) To be forward. North. (3) To gaze upon.
West. (4) The barley is just prinking out of the ground ; just making its ..."
3. The Semantic Development of Words for "walk, Run" in the Germanic Languges by Roscoe Myrl Ihrig (1916)
"prink, PRIMP: PRANCE, WALK PROUDLY 46.01. Swed. dial. knota stolzieren (von
Pferden), Norw. knota zierlich reden, Fremdworte gebrauchen, Norw. dial. knota ..."
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