Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prig
Participle: prigged
Gerund: prigging
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | prig |
| you | prig |
| he;she;it | prigs |
| we | prig |
| you | prig |
| they | prig |
Perfect
| I | have prigged |
| you | have prigged |
| he;she;it | has prigged |
| we | have prigged |
| you | have prigged |
| they | have prigged |
Past
| I | prigged |
| you | prigged |
| he;she;it | prigged |
| we | prigged |
| you | prigged |
| they | prigged |
Pluperfect
| I | had prigged |
| you | had prigged |
| he;she;it | had prigged |
| we | had prigged |
| you | had prigged |
| they | had prigged |
Future
| I | will prig |
| you | will prig |
| he;she;it | will prig |
| we | will prig |
| you | will prig |
| they | will prig |
Future Perfect
| I | will have prigged |
| you | will have prigged |
| he;she;it | will have prigged |
| we | will have prigged |
| you | will have prigged |
| they | will have prigged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prig |
| you | prig |
| he;she;it | prig |
| we | prig |
| you | prig |
| they | prig |
Perfect
| I | have prigged |
| you | have prigged |
| he;she;it | have prigged |
| we | have prigged |
| you | have prigged |
| they | have prigged |
Imperfect
| I | prigged |
| you | prigged |
| he;she;it | prigged |
| we | prigged |
| you | prigged |
| they | prigged |
Pluperfect
| I | had prigged |
| you | had prigged |
| he;she;it | had prigged |
| we | had prigged |
| you | had prigged |
| they | had prigged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prig |
| you | would prig |
| he;she;it | would prig |
| we | would prig |
| you | would prig |
| they | would prig |
Perfect
| I | would have prigged |
| you | would have prigged |
| he;she;it | would have prigged |
| we | would have prigged |
| you | would have prigged |
| they | would have prigged |
Imperative
| you | prig |
| we | Let's prig |
| you | prig |
Verbs conjugated like 'prig'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prig'
frig,
grig,
pig,
prie,
prim,
prin,
prog,
rig,
sprig,
trig,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- steal
- steal
- copulate
- copulate with
- to take something that does not belong to one
- abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bone, boost, borrow, burglarize, burgle, cheat, chore, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, fleece, flog, gaffle, half-inch, heist, jack, kidnap, knock off, kype, kyper, liberate, lift, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, nick, own, peculate, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, plunder, poach, pocket, purloin, raid, ransack, rape, reave, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, steal, swindle, swipe, thieve, walk off with
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
UK 16th century. Of unknown origin. Earlier noun senses ("tinker" and "thief"), as hyponyms of "undesirable person", may have informed later senses ("conceited person").
Sample Sentences
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to prig a handkerchief
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Now, this Trailer he bestrides the horse which he priggeth, and saddles and bridles him as orderly as if he were his own, and then carieth him far from the place of his breed, and ther sels him. [1591, Robert Greene, The Second and Last Part of Conny-catching:]
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Higgen hath prig'd the Prancers in his Days [1622, John Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, published 1706, Scene 2, page 71:]
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If she'd ha' taken herself off and stopped at that I dunno as I should have any occasion to grumble; but she prigged the furniture that I'd laid in agin getting married. [1890, William Clark Russell, An Ocean Tragedy, volume 1, page 204:]
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Wapping thou I know does love, / Else the ruffin cly the mort; / From thy stampers then remove, / Thy drawers, and let's prig in sport. [1707, “The Maunder's Praise of his Strowling Mort”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 34:]