English-Thai Dictionary

prink

VI แต่งตัว พิถีพิถัน  tang-tua-pi-te-pi-tan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRINK

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

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRINK

Prink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Prinking.] Etym: [Probably a nasalized form of prick. See Prick, v. t., and cf. Prig, Prank. ]

 

Defn: To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank.

 

PRINK

PRINK Prink, v. t.

 

Defn: To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically. "And prink their hair with daisies." Cowper.

 

PRINKER

PRINKER Prink "er, n.

 

Defn: One who prinks.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prink

prink |priNGk prɪŋk | ▶verb (prink oneself ) spend time making minor adjustments to one's appearance; primp: prinking themselves in front of the mirror. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: probably related to archaic prank ‘dress or adorn in a showy manner ’; related to Middle Low German prank ‘pomp, ’ Dutch pronk ‘finery. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

prink

prink |prɪŋk | ▶verb (prink oneself ) spend time making minor adjustments to one's appearance: women were prinking themselves in front of the looking glass. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: probably related to archaic prank ‘dress or adorn in a showy manner ’; related to Middle Low German prank ‘pomp ’, Dutch pronk ‘finery ’.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prink

prink verb he prinked himself in front of the mirror: groom, tidy, arrange, brush, comb, smooth, smarten (up ), spruce up, freshen (up ), beautify, pretty, preen, primp; informal titivate, doll up; Brit. informal tart up; N. Amer. informal gussy up; archaic plume, trig (up ).