9 definitions found for primp

Primp PRIMP, v.i. To be formal or affected. [Not English, or local.]

primp v 1: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume, dress]

primp 1801, probably an extension of prim.

primp verb Etymology: perhaps alteration of ¹prim Date: 1801 transitive verb to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner intransitive verb to dress or groom oneself carefully <primps for hours before a date>

primp
v.tr.
1 make (the hair, one's clothes, etc.) tidy.
2 refl. make (oneself) smart.
Etymology: dial. var. of PRIM

primp prɪmp v.tr. 1 make (the hair, one's clothes, etc.) tidy. 2 refl. make (oneself) smart. [dial. var. of PRIM]

Primp Primp, v. i. & t. [Cf. Prim, a.] To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell.

primp prɪmp v. preen, prink, prettify, titivate or tittivate, plume, dress up, groom, Colloq doll up, get (all) dolled up, spruce up, put on one's best bib and tucker, Chiefly Brit tart up, get (all) tarted up, Slang deck out, trick out or up, put on one's glad rags, Brit fig out, US gussy up, get (all) gussied up, dude up: She was primping before the mirror, awaiting the arrival of her beau.

56 Moby Thesaurus words for "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