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Webster 1913 Edition


Prink

Prink

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Prinked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Prinking
.]
[Probably a nasalized form of
prick
. See
Prick
,
Verb.
T.
, and cf.
Prig
,
Prank
.]
To dress or adjust one’s self for show; to prank.

Prink

,
Verb.
T.
To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically.
“And prink their hair with daisies.”
Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition


Prink

PRINK

, v.i.
1.
To prank; to dress for show.
2.
To strut; to put on stately airs.

Definition 2024


prink

prink

English

Verb

prink (third-person singular simple present prinks, present participle prinking, simple past and past participle prinked)

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

Etymology 2

Perhaps alteration (due to primp) of prank (to deck, adorn), from Middle English pranken (to trim), or from Middle Dutch prinken (to deck for show, parade in fine apparel). Cognate with Dutch pronken (to flaunt), German Prunk (a show, parade, splendour), Danish and Swedish prunk.

Noun

prink (plural prinks)

  1. the act of adjusting dress or appearance; a sprucing up
    • 2006, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women:
      [...] 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.

Verb

prink (third-person singular simple present prinks, present participle prinking, simple past and past participle prinked)

  1. to look, gaze
  2. to dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up
  3. to strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious
Synonyms