primp Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb dress or groom with elaborate care
    plume; dress; preen.
    • She likes to dress when going to the opera

WordNet


Primp intransitive verb & transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Prim, a.
Definitions
  1. To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up. Prov. Eng. & Scot. Halliwell.

Webster 1913