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Meaning of prink | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To look, gaze.
  2. To pre-drink.
    UK, humorous
  3. to give a wink; to wink.
    dialectal, obsolete
  4. To dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up.
  5. To strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious.

Examples

“[…] by the Mass: You’ll make excellent Wives, Cuckold your Husbands immoderately: You mind nothing but prinking your selves up.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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