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prig

/prɪg/

Translations

prignoun

prigs

/prɪg/

He is such a prig, always judging others for their choices.

Он такой ханжа, всегда осуждает других за их выбор.

Additional translations

чопорный человек

Synonyms

prigverb

prigged

Past Simple

prigged

Past Participle

prigging

Gerund

/prɪɡ/

Archaic, chiefly British slang; meaning ‘to steal’.

prignoun

A person who behaves in a self-righteously moralistic manner and is excessively concerned with propriety and decorum.

He was considered a prig by his classmates because he always corrected their manners and speech.

A thief, especially a pickpocket (archaic slang).

The young prig slipped the watch from the gentleman's pocket and vanished into the crowd.

prigverb

To steal or pilfer (archaic slang).

They planned to prig a few apples from the orchard at night.