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Pronks vs Prinks - What's the difference?

pronks | prinks |

As verbs the difference between pronks and prinks

is that pronks is third-person singular of pronk while prinks is third-person singular of prink.

pronks

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pronk)
  • ----

    pronk

    English

    (wikipedia pronk)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of a quadruped) To jump with all four limbs at once.
  • Synonyms
    * leap * prong * stot

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gait or a leap in which all four legs are used to push off the ground at once.
  • 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)