Word Study
Prink
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Prink has 2 senses
- prink(v = verb.body) Array - dress very carefully and in a finicky manner; Array is one way to dress, get dressed
- prink(v = verb.body) 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 - 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" is one way to dress, get dressed
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank. [1913 Webster]
Prink, v. t.
To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically. Cowper. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Prink, v.
1 tr. (usu. refl.) a make (oneself etc.) smart. b (foll. by up) smarten (oneself) up. c (of a bird) preen.
2 intr. dress oneself up.
1 tr. (usu. refl.) a make (oneself etc.) smart. b (foll. by up) smarten (oneself) up. c (of a bird) preen.
2 intr. dress oneself up.
Etymology
16th c.: prob. f. prank dress, adorn, rel. to MLG prank pomp, Du. pronk finery
ROGET THESAURUS
Prink
Ornament
VB ornament, overlay with ornament, overcharge, smell of the lamp, ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn, bead, beautify, adonize, smarten, furbish, polish, gild, varnish, whitewash, enamel, japan, lacquer, paint, grain, garnish, trim, dizen, bedizen, prink, prank, trick out, fig out, deck, bedeck, dight, bedight, array, begawd, titivate, dress, dress up, spangle, bespangle, powder, embroider, work, chase, emboss, fret, emblazon, illuminate, illustrate, become.Ostentation
VB be ostentatious, come forward, put oneself forward, attract attention, star it, cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash, make a splurge, cut a dash, cut a splash, cut a splurge, figure, figure away, make a show, make a display, glitter, show off, show off one's paces, parade, march past, display, exhibit, put forward, hold up, trot out, hand out, sport, brandish, blazon forth, dangle, dangle before the eyes, cry up, proner, flaunt, emblazon, prink, set off, mount, have framed and glazed, put a good face upon, put a smiling face upon, clean the outside of the platter.
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