Prig (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
verb (used with object), prigged, prig·ging.
  1. to steal.
verb (used without object), prigged, prig·ging.
  1. to haggle or argue over price.
  2. to beg or entreat; ask a favor.
noun
  1. a thief.
noun
  1. a person who is smugly self-righteous and narrow-minded
verb prigs, prigging or prigged
  1. another word for steal
noun
  1. another word for thief
Prig (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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