Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prink
Participle: prinked
Gerund: prinking
Indicative
Present
| I | prink |
| you | prink |
| he;she;it | prinks |
| we | prink |
| you | prink |
| they | prink |
Perfect
| I | have prinked |
| you | have prinked |
| he;she;it | has prinked |
| we | have prinked |
| you | have prinked |
| they | have prinked |
Past
| I | prinked |
| you | prinked |
| he;she;it | prinked |
| we | prinked |
| you | prinked |
| they | prinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had prinked |
| you | had prinked |
| he;she;it | had prinked |
| we | had prinked |
| you | had prinked |
| they | had prinked |
Future
| I | will prink |
| you | will prink |
| he;she;it | will prink |
| we | will prink |
| you | will prink |
| they | will prink |
Future Perfect
| I | will have prinked |
| you | will have prinked |
| he;she;it | will have prinked |
| we | will have prinked |
| you | will have prinked |
| they | will have prinked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prink |
| you | prink |
| he;she;it | prink |
| we | prink |
| you | prink |
| they | prink |
Perfect
| I | have prinked |
| you | have prinked |
| he;she;it | have prinked |
| we | have prinked |
| you | have prinked |
| they | have prinked |
Imperfect
| I | prinked |
| you | prinked |
| he;she;it | prinked |
| we | prinked |
| you | prinked |
| they | prinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had prinked |
| you | had prinked |
| he;she;it | had prinked |
| we | had prinked |
| you | had prinked |
| they | had prinked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prink |
| you | would prink |
| he;she;it | would prink |
| we | would prink |
| you | would prink |
| they | would prink |
Perfect
| I | would have prinked |
| you | would have prinked |
| he;she;it | would have prinked |
| we | would have prinked |
| you | would have prinked |
| they | would have prinked |
Imperative
| you | prink |
| we | Let's prink |
| you | prink |
Verbs conjugated like 'prink'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prink'
drink,
pink,
plink,
prank,
prick,
prin,
print,
pronk,
blink,
boink,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English prinken (“to wink, signal with the eye”), from prinke, prinche (“a wink, twinkling of the eye, momentary gesture”), from Old English princ (“a wink”). More at pry.
Verbs referencing "prink"
Swedish
prunka.
Sample Sentences
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[…] by the Mass: You’ll make excellent Wives, Cuckold your Husbands immoderately: You mind nothing but prinking your selves up. [1676, Thomas Shadwell, The Virtuoso, London: Henry Herringman, act I, page 12:]
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She put it on, then floated round the room prinking things — the flowers, the ashtrays, Jack's whisky tray — making everything outside herself perfect because nothing inside herself was perfect in the least. [1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:]
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The gardens were spruced and the fountains played again and the two main hotels, the Splendide and the Hermitage, were prinked and furbished and restaffed. [1953, Ian Fleming, “The Girl From Headquarters”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 35:]