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third-person singular simple present prinks, present participle prinking, simple past and past participle prinked
(obsolete or dialectal) to give a wink; to wink.
plural prinks
The act of adjusting one's dress or appearance; the act of sprucing oneself up. quotations examples
“Is my sash right; and does my hair look very bad?” said Meg, as she turned from the glass in Mrs. Gardiner’s dressing-room, after a prolonged prink.
1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 3, in Little Women, volume 1, Boston: Roberts Brothers, page 43
To look, gaze. examples
To dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up. quotations examples
[…] by the Mass: You’ll make excellent Wives, Cuckold your Husbands immoderately: You mind nothing but prinking your selves up.
1676, Thomas Shadwell, The Virtuoso, London: Henry Herringman, act I, page 12
She put it on, then floated round the room prinking things — the flowers, the ashtrays, Jack's whisky tray — making everything outside herself perfect because nothing inside herself was perfect in the least.
1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy
To strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious. examples
(UK, university slang, humorous) To pre-drink.