PRIMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does primp mean? 

• PRIMP (verb)
  The verb PRIMP has 1 sense:

1. dress or groom with elaborate care

  Familiarity information: PRIMP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIMP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they primp    ... he / she / it primps   
Past simple: primped   
Past participle: primped   
-ing form: primping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dress or groom with elaborate care

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

dress; plume; preen; primp

Context example:

She likes to dress when going to the opera

Hypernyms (to "primp" is one way to...):

attire; deck out; deck up; dress up; fancy up; fig out; fig up; get up; gussy up; overdress; prink; rig out; tog out; tog up; trick out; trick up (put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive)

Verb group:

dress; get dressed (put on clothes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

They primp
They primp themselves

Derivation:

primping (careful or finicky grooming)