1. preening - Noun
2. preening - Verb
of Preen
Source: Webster's dictionaryI think of Nashville as a very natural place. We're easy going, we are ourselves. There isn't a lot of preening or trying to impress. So it's an easy place to just be and that is a good state from which to write. Ann Patchett
All the girls and boys seen preening through school halls, fighting to fit in, games they just can't win, higher education dumbing down a nation, around the square unsure of where we fit in. Dawud Wharnsby
Washington is a place where people have always been suspect of style and overt sexuality. Too much preening signals that you're not up late studying cap-and-trade agreements. Maureen Dowd
All the while, Ms. Doherty’s body turned into a wave as she rocked from side to side with her expressions both pained and preening. Source: Internet
All that pompous, preening nonsense finally triggered the collective gag reflex of cities from London to L.A., causing them to spew out scores of fast, loud, and snotty bands who didn’t just hate the fucking Eagles, man—they wanted to kill ’em. Source: Internet
After a couple of years of this preening, I went to law school. Source: Internet