prim | (verb) dress primly | Synonyms: prim out, prim up |
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(verb) contract one's lips | - |
(verb) assume a prim appearance | - |
prime | (verb) insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing | - |
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(verb) fill with priming liquid | - |
(verb) cover with a primer; apply a primer to | Synonyms: ground, undercoat |
primp | (verb) dress or groom with elaborate care | Synonyms: dress, plume, preen |
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reprimand | (verb) rebuke formally | Synonyms: censure, criminate |
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(verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, scold, take to task, trounce |