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primp
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb primp has 1 sense
- primp(v = verb.body) dress, plume, preen - dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" is one way to attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up
Derived form noun primping1
Sample sentences:
They primp
They primp themselves
CIDE DICTIONARY
To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
primp, v.tr.
1 make (the hair, one's clothes, etc.) tidy.
2 refl. make (oneself) smart.
1 make (the hair, one's clothes, etc.) tidy.
2 refl. make (oneself) smart.
Etymology
dial. var. of PRIM
THESAURUS
primp
adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, color, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enrich, fancy up, fig out, fix up, furbish, garnish, get up, grace, groom, gussy up, ornament, overdress, paint, plume, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, pretty up, primp up, prink, prink up, rag out, redecorate, redo, refurbish, set off, set out, slick, slick up, smarten, smarten up, spiff, spruce up, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim
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