Prig

noun

/pɹɪɡ/

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounA tinker.

2.nounA petty thief or pickpocket.

3.nounA deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.

4.nounA conceited dandy; a fop.

5.verbTo filch or steal.

"to prig a handkerchief"

6.verbTo ride

7.verbTo copulate

Synonyms

goody-goody prude puritan coitize go to bed with sleep with cozen mill purloin snob snot coxcomb

Rhymes With

big dig renege swig twig pig trig fig

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