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primp

[ primp ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to dress or adorn with care.

    Synonyms: , ,



verb (used without object)

  1. to groom oneself carefully:

    The photographer waited while we primped.

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primp

/ ±è°ùɪ³¾±è /

verb

  1. to dress (oneself), esp in fine clothes; prink
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of primp1

First recorded in 1795–1805; akin to prim 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of primp1

C19: probably from prim
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Contestants primp and pose for what they think will be selfies, never suspecting that to those running the game, they’re just a face and a number.

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Lian primped, using a tiny comb to make sure her bangs were perfect.

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Still busy primping, his white-tipped tail twitched along with the beat.

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"Tonight is the first day of the rest of my life," the man says as he primps expectantly.

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While that character, Fleur, primped and preened for an imagined camera as if on a livestream, she bragged about her “social media fluency†on an address to a “royal hiring academy.â€

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