Overview of verb prim

The verb prim has 3 senses

• prim -- (assume a prim appearance; "They mince and prim")


• prim -- (contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food")


• prim, prim up, prim out -- (dress primly)

Overview of adj prim

The adj prim has 2 senses

• dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee -- (affectedly dainty or refined)


• priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian -- (exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts")