Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Prink"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prink \Prink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prinked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Prinking}.] [Probably a nasalized form of prick. See
{Prick}, v. t., and cf. {Prig}, {Prank}.]
To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prink \Prink\, v. t.
To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically. ``And prink
their hair with daisies.'' --Cowper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prink
v 1: dress very carefully and in a finicky manner
2: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and
attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to
the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the
party" [syn: {dress up}, {fig out}, {fig up}, {deck up}, {gussy
up}, {fancy up}, {trick up}, {deck out}, {trick out}, {attire},
{get up}, {rig out}, {tog up}, {tog out}, {overdress}]
[ant: {dress down}]
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