primp

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/pɹɪmp/

verb

To spend time improving one's appearance, often in front of a mirror.

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preenplumedressget dressed
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Meanings

verbprimp (third-person singular simple present primps, present participle primping, simple past and past participle primped)

present singular third person primps · participle present primping · participle past primped · past primped

  1. intransitiveTo spend time improving one's appearance, often in front of a mirror.

    "Then I promise I'll let you take your bath and primp all day for your date."

    2001, Jo-Ann Mapson, Bad Girl Creek
  2. transitiveTo dress in an affected manner.

    Tonight, Moses was the center of attraction, attended to by a dozen Green Berets who prepped and primped him like a stage crew fluttering about a Hollywood star.

    2013, Douglas Waller, Commandos: The Making Of America's Secrets

Synonyms & antonyms

verbdress or groom with elaborate care

Similar
preenplumedressget dressed
Broader
overdressdress upfig out
Also see
dressget dressedgroomplumepreenwhet

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

16th century, a variant of prim.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with primp

implimppimpcrimpblimpskimpscrimpdimpguimpeimp.quimp
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APA

primp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primp

MLA

“primp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primp. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “primp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primp.

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