Prick

[prɪk]

Definition

(noun.) the act of puncturing with a small point; 'he gave the balloon a small prick'.

(verb.) to cause a sharp emotional pain; 'The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience'.

(verb.) cause a stinging pain; 'The needle pricked his skin'.

Typist: Lucas--From WordNet

Definition

(v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.

(v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse.

(v.) A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point.

(v.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.

(v.) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.

(v.) A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.

(v.) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.

(v.) The footprint of a hare.

(v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.

(n.) To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper.

(n.) To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.

(n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.

(n.) To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition.

(n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.

(n.) To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.

(n.) To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged.

(n.) To render acid or pungent.

(n.) To dress; to prink; -- usually with up.

(n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.

(n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.

(n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.

(n.) To nick.

(v. i.) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks.

(v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.

(v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.

(v. i.) To aim at a point or mark.

Typist: Xavier

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Pierce (with a small hole), perforate, puncture.[2]. Spur, goad, incite, impel, urge, rouse, arouse, stimulate, drive.[3]. Sting, wound, pain, hurt.

v. n. Spur, ride, gallop, hasten.

n. [1]. Goad, point.[2]. Puncture.

Edited by Horace

Definition

n. that which pricks or penetrates: a sharp point: the act or feeling of pricking: a puncture: a sting: remorse: (Shak.) a thorn prickle skewer point of time: (Spens.) point pitch.—v.t. to pierce with a prick: to erect any pointed thing: to fix by the point: to put on by puncturing: to mark or make by pricking: to incite: to deck out as with flowers or feathers: to pain.—v.i. to have a sensation of puncture: to stand erect: to ride with spurs:—pa.t. and pa.p. pricked.—adj. Prick′-eared having pointed ears.—ns. Prick′er that which pricks: a sharp-pointed instrument: light-horseman: a priming wire; Prick′ing; Prickle (prik′l) a little prick: a sharp point growing from the bark of a plant or from the skin of an animal.—v.t. to prick slightly.—v.i. (Spens.) to be prickly.—ns. Prick′le-back the stickle-back; Prick′liness; Prick′ling the act of piercing with a sharp point: (Shak.) the sensation of being pricked.—adj. prickly.—adj. Prick′ly full of prickles.—ns. Prick′ly-heat a severe form of the skin disease known as lichen with itching and stinging sensations; Prick′ly-pear a class of plants with clusters of prickles and fruit like the pear; Prick′-me-dain′ty (Scot.) an affected person.—adj. over-precise.—ns. Prick′-song (Shak.) a song set to music: music in parts; Prick′-spur a goad-spur; Prick′-the-gar′ter (cf. Fast-and-loose); Prick′-the-louse (Scot.) a tailor.

Typed by Eugenia