A fork of Rural Dictionary
Mostly associated with females however also seen in males, preening is the act of trying to make oneself more attractive to a potential mate or person of the opposite sex.
A common preening technique is straightening of clothing or flicking of ones hair.
More showy forms of preening would include metaphorically wiping dust off ones shoulders showing they are smooth commonly seen in some men trying to impress.
Dianne saw an attractive guy sitting on the park bench
Guy looks up at her
Dianne instant ly reacted by preening herself, flicking her hair before walking past the guy
Bastardized form of the word Preteen--used to refer to someone who's being a teenage douchebag.
Man, that girl's acting like such a preen with her boyfriend.
when females partake in the use of marijuana smoking, particularly, when only in the presence of other females. smoking is often accompanied with other feminine activities such as eating chocolate, painting nails, watching chickflicks, etc. word origin: pretty + greening.
S: What are you up to tonight, homegirl?
I: Oh, me and the gals are going to be preening. Care to join?
S: Sure! I'll bring a romantic comedy.
A classic move done by females to stroke their hair and indicate sexual interest to a guy.
It is rarely done unconsciously as a fixer upper to look better to the guy, but moreso as an obvious communicator, a sort of code language for being into someone.
That chick totally hair preened me the other day and did it until I noticed her, and she totally wanted the dick.