as in to dress
to try to make yourself more attractive by making small changes to your clothes, hair, etc., especially while looking at yourself in a mirror
The teenagers spent hours primping in front of the mirror on the day of the prom.
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The solution: Administrators decided to remove the bathroom mirrors that students used to film TikToks and primp for their close-ups.
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New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
Keep this travel makeup mirror in your purse or car's console for parking lot primping.
—Sarah Madaus, Allure, 27 Sep. 2017
Torres, whose business is called My Pride Poodles, had brought Patrón to the hotel early, for primping.
—Amanda Fortini, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Shirlee was primping in the bathroom mirror, working patiently with her baby hairs, swirling a dollop of Ampro gel with Vaseline so that the gel wouldn’t crust up.
—Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
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New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
Keep this travel makeup mirror in your purse or car's console for parking lot primping.
—Sarah Madaus, Allure, 27 Sep. 2017
Torres, whose business is called My Pride Poodles, had brought Patrón to the hotel early, for primping.
—Amanda Fortini, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Shirlee was primping in the bathroom mirror, working patiently with her baby hairs, swirling a dollop of Ampro gel with Vaseline so that the gel wouldn’t crust up.
—Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for primp
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“Primp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primp. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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