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Definition: Primp |
PrimpVerb1. Dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "primp" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1909. (references) |
Note: Primp \Primp\, intransitive verb & transitive verb [Compare to Prim, adjective]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: PrimpSynonyms: dress (v), plume (v), preen (v). (additional references) |
| Play | Caption |
 | Hair dryer; hair blower; blower; blow; dryer; dry; fan; heat; primp; deck out; doll up; dress up; fix up; groom; gussy up; preen; prepare; prink; slick; smarten; spiff; spruce; titivate. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
primp | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "primp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pispillosem (overdress, prink, put on frill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تزين (dressing up, make up, making up, perk, pompon, posh up, robe, titivate, toilet), زركش (braid, brocade, embroidery), جعد الشعر (curly, plaster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | труфя (bedizen), контя се (cut a dash, overdress, titivate oneself, toff), контя. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مزین ساختن (Ouch), مرتب ومنظم ساختن , اراستن (Apparel, Arrange, Array, Attire, Brave, Clothe, Embroider, Equip, Grace, Groom, Habit, Illustrate, Line, Perk, Pretty, Prim, Prune, Range, Rank, Stud, Tidy, Trim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pomponner (prettify, prink), se bichonner. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sich verschönern. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κομψεύομαι, στολίζω (adorn, array, attire, beautify, bespangle, caparison, deck, decorate, doll, doll up, embellish, garnish, ornament, perk, prank, prim, prink, titivate, tog, trim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"תקשט (adorn oneself, preen, prink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elegáns (cheesy, doggish, dressy, elegant, fashionable, flossy, graceful, light, natty, nifty, Nobby, posh, sassy, saucy, smart, snappy, spicy, spiffing, spiffy, spruce, stylish, swell, swish, tacky, tricksy, upscale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | agghindare (attire, deck out, doll up, rig out, tart up, titivate, tog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imppray ornar (accoutre, attire, foil, ornament), ornamentar (adorn, apparel, bedek, decorate, diaper, garnish, lace, ornament, prank), enfeitar (apparel, bejewel, caparison, deck, embellish, frill, garnish, groom, ornament, perk, prank, prettify, set out, sugar-coat, titivate, tog oneself up), ataviar (accoutre, adorn, decorate, fig, prank, titivate, tog oneself up). (various references) наряжаться (spruce up, tog oneself up). (various references) lickati, doterati se (groom, preen, smarten up, spruce up, titivate). (various references) emperejilarse (doll oneself up, prink oneself up, titivate, tog), acicalar (groom, polish, slick). (various references) snygga upp sig (prink). (various references) taranmak (comb oneself), saçlarını taramak, kendine çeki düzen vermek (preen). (various references) наряджатися (dink, doll), елегантний (becoming, chic, debonair, delicate, elegant, genteel, graceful, nice, nifty, silk stocking, smirk, spiffed, swagger, swell, well-tailored). (various references) sang (knowing, nobby, over, tony), nhã (tasteful), lịch sử (historical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "primp": primped, primping, primps. (additional references) | |
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"Primp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: krimp, pimpp, pirim, pirm, pramp, priam, priap, primi, primk, primt, Prinn, prip, Prmi, promp, prym. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "primp" (pronounced pri"mp) |
| 4 | -r i" m p | Crimp, scrimp, shrimp. |
| 3 | -i" m p | blimp, chimp, imp, limp, pimp, skimp, wimp. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-m-p-p-r" | |
-1 letter: pimp, prim. | |
-2 letters: imp, mir, pip, rim, rip. | |
-3 letters: mi, pi. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-m-p-p-r" | |
+1 letter: primps. | |
+2 letters: primped. | |
+3 letters: improper, pimplier, priapism, primping, puparium. | |
+4 letters: epiphragm, impromptu, pampering, pauperism, peperomia, perilymph, pimpernel, piroplasm, priapisms, primipara, prompting, remapping, repumping, superpimp. | |
+5 letters: empurpling, epiphragms, hippodrome, impromptus, improperly, micropipet, mudskipper, opprobrium, parapodium, pauperisms, peperomias, peppermint, perilymphs, pimpernels, piroplasma, piroplasms, preempting, preemption, preemptive, preprimary, primiparae, primiparas, principium, puerperium, superpimps, suppertime. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 69 6D 70 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. .. -- .--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01101001 01101101 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r i m p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0069 006D 0070 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5084757982 |
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