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Prinks vs Pricks - What's the difference?

prinks | pricks |

As verbs the difference between prinks and pricks

is that prinks is (prink) while pricks is (prick).

As a noun pricks is

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prinks

English

Verb

(head)
  • (prink)

  • 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)

    pricks

    English

    Noun

    (head) (p)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (prick)
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