prick

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Synonyms: crick, pick, trick, wrick, prink, price, brick, frick, rick, pricy, erick

Antonyms: crick, pick, trick, wrick, prink, price, brick, frick, rick, pricy, erick

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Noun

1. A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
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. A feeling of remorse.
8. The penis.
9. Someone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
10. A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
11. The footprint of a hare.
12. A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
13. 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 drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
3. To shoot without killing.
4. 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
5. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
6. To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
7. To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
8. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
9. To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
   • A sore finger pricks.
10. To make or become 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.
    • The dog's ears pricked up at the sound of a whistle.
11. Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
12. To incite, stimulate, goad.
13. To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
14. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
15. To make acidic or pungent.
16. To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
17. To aim at a point or mark.
18. to dress or adorn; to prink.

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