nnoun.actcareful or finicky groomingExamples:- the primping alone took more than an hour
Derivationally Related Form:primp
Hypernyms:dressing grooming
Inherited Hypernyms:primpingdressingcoveringprotectionactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.bodydress or groom with elaborate careSynset:dress plume preen primp
Examples:- She likes to dress when going to the opera
Derivationally Related Form:primpingdress
Hypernyms: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
Inherited Hypernyms:preenoverdressdresschange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s | They --- (apply to: preen, primp) | They --- themselves (apply to: preen, primp)