Pronked vs Prinked - What's the difference?
As verbs the difference between pronked and prinked is that pronked is (pronk) while prinked is (prink).
pronked
English
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.
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prinked
English
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
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