English verb: primp | |||
1. | primp (body) dress or groom with elaborate care | ||
Samples | She likes to dress when going to the opera. | ||
Examples | They primp , They primp themselves | ||
Synonyms | dress, plume, preen | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | 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 | ||
Verb group | dress, get dressed | ||