Prinks vs Drinks - What's the difference?

As a verb prinks

is (prink).

(head)

(prink)

From (etyl) . More at .

(en verb)

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

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

(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 .

(en verb)

to look, gaze

to dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up

to strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious

* (l)

(head)

(cricket, plurale tantum) A short break in play to allow the players to have a drink, and for quick repairs to be made to equipment or the pitch.

(head)

(drink)

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