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PRIMPING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does primping mean?
• PRIMPING (noun)
The noun PRIMPING has 1 sense:
1. careful or finicky grooming
Familiarity information: PRIMPING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Careful or finicky grooming
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the primping alone took more than an hour
Hypernyms ("primping" is a kind of...):
dressing; grooming (the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes)
Derivation:
primp (dress or groom with elaborate care)
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