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PRIMP
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
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
Example:
She likes to dress when going to the opera
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
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)
