PRIMPING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Careful or finicky grooming

Example:

the primping alone took more than an hour

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("primping" is a kind of...):

dressing; grooming (the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes)

Derivation:

primp (dress or groom with elaborate care)

-ing form of the verb primp