prink

3 definitions found

prink - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

  Prink \Prink\, v. t.
     To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically. "And prink their
     hair with daisies." --Cowper.
     [1913 Webster]

prink - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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: overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck   up
         , gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick   out
         , prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog   out
         ] [ant: dress down, underdress]