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Jab vs Prink - What's the difference?

jab | prink |

As nouns the difference between jab and prink

is that jab is a quick stab or blow while prink is the act of adjusting dress or appearance; a sprucing up.

As verbs the difference between jab and prink

is that jab is to poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion while prink is (obsolete|or|dialectal) to give a wink; to wink or prink can be to look, gaze.

jab

English

(wikipedia jab)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A quick stab or blow
  • (boxing) A short straight punch.
  • * '>citation
    • American Ward was too quick and too slick for his British rival, landing at will with razor sharp jabs and hooks and even bullying Froch at times.
  • (British) A medical injection.
    • Our dog was exposed to rabies, so the whole family went to a clinic to get our jabs .
  • (US, figurative) A verbal annoyance.

    • Derived terms

    * jabby

    Verb

    (jabb)
  • To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
  • To deliver a quick punch.
  • (slang, UK) To give someone an injection

    • prink

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) to give a wink; to wink.

    • Etymology 2

    Perhaps alteration (due to primp) of , (etyl) and (etyl) prunk.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of adjusting dress or appearance; a sprucing up
  • * 2006 , Louisa May Alcott, Little Women :
    • [...] And does my hair look very bad?", said Meg, as she turned from the glass in Mrs. Gardiner's dressing room after a prolonged prink .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to look, gaze
  • to dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up
  • to strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious
    • Synonyms
    * (l)