primps

present tense third-person singular of primp
as in dresses
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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  • Rooker unsurprisingly embraces the lunacy of his character, who dresses in Native American drag and tastes bird poop to track his prey.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Primps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primps. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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