prick

prick
1 verb
1 (T) to make a small hole in something, using a sharp point: Prick the pastry lightly with a fork. | prick yourself/prick your finger: Ouch! I've pricked my finger with the needle.
2 (I, T) to feel an unpleasant stinging feeling on your skin, or to make someone feel this: prick sth: The coarse material was beginning to prick my whole body.
—see also: prickle 2 (1)
3 prick sb's conscience to make someone feel guilty or ashamed: a documentary that should prick the consciences of the comfortable middle classes
4 prick (up) its ears if an animal pricks up its ears it raises them and points them towards a sound: The rabbit stopped suddenly, pricking up its ears.
5 prick (up) your ears to listen carefully because you have heard something interesting: Jay pricked up his ears when I mentioned vacation.
6 prick the bubble (of sth) to make someone see the uncomfortable truth of a situation
prick sth out phrasal verb (T) to place a young plant in a specially prepared hole 2 noun (C)
1 PAIN a slight pain you get when something sharp goes into your skin: Don't worry, it's just a little needle prick.
2 SMALL HOLE
a) a small hole made by a sharp point in your skin or the surface of something: A sample of blood was drawn from a prick in the skin.
b) an act of pricking something: Give the sausages a prick.
 —see also: pinprick
3 SEX ORGAN slang taboo a penis
4 PERSON slang taboo a stupid unpleasant man
5 prick of conscience an uncomfortable feeling that you have done something wrong
6 a prick of light a small point or circle of light

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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  • Prick — Prick, n. [AS. prica, pricca, pricu; akin to LG. prick, pricke, D. prik, Dan. prik, prikke, Sw. prick. Cf. {Prick}, v.] 1. That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • prick — (n.) O.E. prica (n.) point, puncture, particle; prician (v.) to prick, from W.Gmc. *prikojanan (Cf. Low Ger. pricken, Du. prikken to prick ); Dan. prikke to mark with dots, Swed. pricka to point, prick, mark with dots are probably from Low German …   Etymology dictionary

  • prick — [prik] n. [ME prike < OE prica, point, dot, akin to Du prik, MHG pfrecken] 1. a very small puncture or, formerly, dot, made by a sharp point 2. Archaic any of various pointed objects, as a thorn, goad, etc. 3. PRICKING 4. a sharp pain caused… …   English World dictionary

  • prick|le — «PRIHK uhl», noun, verb, led, ling. –n. 1. a) a small, sharp point; thorn; spine: »One of the prickles on the rosebush caught in my thumb. b) Botany. a sharp point growing from the bark of a plant like a thorn but able to be peeled off. 2. a… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • prick|et — prick|et1 «PRIHK iht», noun. 1. a sharp metal point on which to stick a candle. 2. a candlestick with such a point or points. ╂[Middle English pryket, perhaps < pryk prick + et et] prick|et2 «PRIHK iht», noun. a buck in his second year, with… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Prick — Prick, v. i. 1. To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks. [1913 Webster] 2. To spur onward; to ride on horseback. Milton. [1913 Webster] A gentle knight was pricking on the plain. Spenser. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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