[
UK
/pɹˈɪmpɪŋ/
]
NOUN
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careful or finicky grooming
the primping alone took more than an hour
How To Use primping In A Sentence
- When it comes to prepping and primping for a date, men and women have slightly different agendas.
- And now here he is, primping his hair, smoothing down the front of his striped shirt just to get the relationship back on track.
- the primping alone took more than an hour
- They showed Long, primping and preening in flimsy muscle shirts that hugged every ripple in the fifty-seven year-old's startlingly chiseled physique. Zandile Blay: Bishop Eddie Long: A Wolf in Chic Clothing?
- They start cramming the barricades, the ladies start primping and preening themselves in their compact mirrors.
- Meg slipped on her long pink dress, and stood in front of the mirror, primping her hair playfully.
- Varsha was a respectable opponent, but she spent most of her time out of the arena primping and shopping, caring for nothing more than her appearance in public.
- And they are right to some extent - I'm not an exercise buff, I don't starve myself, and I don't spend hours primping in front of the mirror.
- I had spent the afternoon before primping - washing my hair, deliberating over clothes, and carefully applying makeup, all with Trisha's help.
- He estimates that the beauty premium generated by such primping is worth only 15% of the money expended. Of course, beauty pays off in spheres of life other than the workplace.