Definitions for: Prig


[n] a person regarded as arrogant and annoying



Webster (1913) Definition: Prig, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prigged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Prigging.] [A modification of prick.]
To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]


Prig, v. t.
1. To cheapen. [Scot.]

2. [Perhaps orig., to ride off with. See Prick, v. t.] To
filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. [Cant]


Prig, n.
1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.

The queer prig of a doctor. --Macaulay.

2. A thief; a filcher. [Cant] --Shak.

Synonyms: snob, snot

See Also: disagreeable person, unpleasant person

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