pree

or prie

[ pree ]

noun

1. a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.

verb (used with object)

, preed, pree·ing.

1. to try, test, or taste.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pree¹

1690–1700; shortened form of preive, Middle English preve (noun), preven (v.) < Old French pr ( o ) eve, preuver; prove

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. pree the mouth of, Scot. to kiss.

Example Sentences

Pree Kaur, 40, was so enamored with Turkules that she decided to pay it a visit last week, a terrible decision in retrospect.

From Seattle Times

D’Pree Shareef Robinson, 20, pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder in the 2021 death of Trinity Ottoson-Smith, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

From Seattle Times

Tony Pree, 56, was stopped twice over the years because deputies thought he looked like someone they were after.

From Los Angeles Times

“Devour the Land” highlights the role of photographers like Barbara Norfleet, Stacy Kranitz and Sheila Pree Bright who, from the 1970s on, doubled as activists, and photographers like Jeff Rich, Freda Leinwand and Dorothy Marder, who photographed ordinary people who could no longer stand by without taking action.

From Washington Post

Three new commissions made this year, from the photographers Sheila Pree Bright, Jim Goldberg and An-My Le, will be shown along with past images from the series.

From New York Times