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priss around

priss around verb: to act in a prissy manner.

Verb

priss around (third-person singular simple present prisses around, present participle prissing around, simple past and past participle prissed around)

  1. (informal) To act in a prissy manner.

Forms of priss around

third-person singular presentprisses around
present participleprissing around
past participleprissed around
pastprissed around

Questions about priss around

What does priss around mean?
Priss around means to act in a prissy manner.
What part of speech is priss around?
Priss around is a verb.
What is the past tense of priss around?
The past tense of priss around is prissed around.

Words near priss around in the dictionary

  1. prison–industrial complex
  2. prison–industrial complexes
  3. prisoptometer
  4. prisoptometers
  5. priss
  6. priss around
  7. prissed
  8. prissed around
  9. prisses
  10. prisses around
  11. prissier

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