Prink

/ˈpɹɪŋk/ · verb

Meaning

(obsolete or dialectal) to give a wink; to wink..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete or dialectal) to give a wink; to wink.
2. The act of adjusting one's dress or appearance; the act of sprucing oneself up.
3. To look, gaze.
4. To dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up.
5. To strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious.
6. (UK, university slang, humorous) To pre-drink.

Example Sentences

“Is my sash right; and does my hair look very bad?” said Meg, as she turned from the glass in Mrs. Gardiner’s dressing-room, after a prolonged prink.

[…] by the Mass: You’ll make excellent Wives, Cuckold your Husbands immoderately: You mind nothing but prinking your selves up.

She put it on, then floated round the room prinking things — the flowers, the ashtrays, Jack's whisky tray — making everything outside herself perfect because nothing inside herself was perfect in the least.

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• prinks
• prinking
• prinked

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