prink

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Verb

prink (prinks, present participle prinking; past and past participle prinked)

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

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 (prinks, present participle prinking; past and past participle prinked)

1. To look, gaze.
2. To dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up.
   • 1676, Thomas Shadwell, The Virtuoso, London: Henry Herringman, Act I, p. 12,

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

3. To strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious.

Synonyms

• prank

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