primp

Definition of primpnext
as in to dress
to try to make yourself more attractive by making small changes to your clothes, hair, etc., especially while looking at yourself in a mirror The teenagers spent hours primping in front of the mirror on the day of the prom.

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Recent Examples of primp My introduction to Peters came late last year, when Instagram’s algorithm served me a video of him wearing a baseball cap, primping and pouting for the camera. Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026 Murphy is obsessed with their maximalism: the richest of the rich, the most snatched of all waists, the plucked and primped and plumped and pressed. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025 Hundreds of them were on hand this week to primp and pamper more than 2,500 cows competing at what is widely considered to be the Westminster Dog Show of the cattle world. Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025 Handlers at the 2024 National Dog Show Presented by Purina spoke exclusively with PEOPLE about getting different breeds ready for the big event and the amount of primping required. Marina Watts, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for primp
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  • Grab the umbrella, dress the kids in rain gear, and leave extra drive time in the morning.
    Tammie Souza, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Some women dressed in traditional Iranian attire carried signs expressing support for the war in Iran.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
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  • The males strut, coo, puff their chests and enthusiastically preen to court females.
    Lisa Gutierrez March 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Show after show delivered beautiful tailoring and thoughtful outerwear, pieces designed to live in rather than preen in.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026

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“Primp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primp. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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