prink

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

prink, v. i. [Probably a nasalized form of prick. See Prick, v. t., and cf. Prig, Prank.].

 To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank.  [1913 Webster]

prink, v. t. 

 To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically.  Cowper.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

prink, v.
1 tr. (usu. refl.) a make (oneself etc.) smart. b (foll. by up) smarten (oneself) up. c (of a bird) preen.
2 intr. dress oneself up.

Etymology

16th c.: prob. f. prank dress, adorn, rel. to MLG prank pomp, Du. pronk finery

ROGET THESAURUS

prink

Ornament

VB ornament, overlay with ornament, overcharge, smell of the lamp, ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn, bead, beautify, adonize, smarten, furbish, polish, gild, varnish, whitewash, enamel, japan, lacquer, paint, grain, garnish, trim, dizen, bedizen, prink, prank, trick out, fig out, deck, bedeck, dight, bedight, array, begawd, titivate, dress, dress up, spangle, bespangle, powder, embroider, work, chase, emboss, fret, emblazon, illuminate, illustrate, become.

Ostentation

VB be ostentatious, come forward, put oneself forward, attract attention, star it, cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash, make a splurge, cut a dash, cut a splash, cut a splurge, figure, figure away, make a show, make a display, glitter, show off, show off one's paces, parade, march past, display, exhibit, put forward, hold up, trot out, hand out, sport, brandish, blazon forth, dangle, dangle before the eyes, cry up, proner, flaunt, emblazon, prink, set off, mount, have framed and glazed, put a good face upon, put a smiling face upon, clean the outside of the platter.