PRICK

prick

Noun

  1. A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
  2. An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
  3. A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
  4. A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
  5. A small pointed object.
  6. The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
    I felt a sharp prick as the nurse took a sample of blood.
  7. The penis.
  8. Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
  9. A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
  10. The footprint of a hare.
  11. A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
  12. The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.

Verb

  1. To pierce or puncture slightly.
    John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood.
  2. To form by piercing or puncturing.
    to prick holes in paper
    to prick a pattern for embroidery
    to prick the notes of a musical composition
  3. To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
    A sore finger pricks.
  4. To incite, stimulate, goad.
  5. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
  6. To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
  7. To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
  8. To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail. (The Universal Dictionary of the English Language, 1896)
  9. To make acidic or pungent.
  10. To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
  11. To aim at a point or mark.
  12. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
    to prick a knife into a board
  13. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
  14. To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
  15. To dress; to prink; usually with up.
  16. To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.


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