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Definition of 'prick'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) prick
a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.

2.  prick
the act of pricking:
the prick of a needle.

3.  prick
the state or sensation of being pricked.

4.  prick
a sharp pain or feeling of discomfort caused by or as if by being pricked; twinge.

5.  prick
a sharp point or part; prickle.

6.  prick
Vulgar Slang.

7.  prick
a nasty, obnoxious, or contemptible person.

8.  prick
Obs. a pointed instrument or weapon.

9. (v.t.) prick
to pierce with a sharp point; puncture:
I pricked my finger.

10.  prick
to affect with sharp pain, as from piercing.

11.  prick
to cause sharp mental pain to; sting, as with remorse:
His conscience pricked him.

12.  prick
to urge on with or as if with a goad or spur.

13.  prick
to mark (a surface) with pricks or dots in tracing something.

14.  prick
to mark or trace by means of pricks or dots.

15.  prick
to cause to stand erect or point upward (usu. fol. by up):
The dog pricked up its ears.

16.  prick
to lame (a horse) by driving a nail improperly into its hoof.

17.  prick
to transplant (a seedling) into a container that provides more room for growth (usu. fol. by out or off).

18. (v.i.) prick
to perform the action of piercing or puncturing something.

19.  prick
to have a sensation of being pricked.

20.  prick
to rise erect or point upward, as the ears of an animal (usu. fol. by up).

21.  prick
to spur or urge a horse on; ride rapidly.

Definition of 'prick'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB
insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

2. (noun) incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent
a depression scratched or carved into a surface

3. (noun) cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz
obscene terms for penis

4. (verb) prick, pricking
the act of puncturing with a small point
"he gave the balloon a small prick"

5. (verb) prickle, prick
make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
"The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample"

6. (verb) prick, sting, twinge
cause a stinging pain
"The needle pricked his skin"

7. (verb) prick up, prick, cock up
raise
"The dog pricked up his ears"

8. (verb) goad, prick
stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick

9. (verb) prickle, prick
cause a prickling sensation

10. (verb) prick
to cause a sharp emotional pain
"The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience"

11. (verb) sting, bite, prick
deliver a sting to
"A bee stung my arm yesterday"

Definition of 'prick'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) prick
a very small hole
a tiny prick in the ball

2. prick
an annoying, unpleasant man
What a prick!

3. prick
a penis
Nobody wants to see your prick.

4. (verb) prick
to make a very small hole in
Prick the pastry all over.

Definition of 'prick'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) prick
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

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

3. (noun) prick
to mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off

4. (noun) prick
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

5. (noun) prick
to ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off

6. (noun) prick
to affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse

7. (noun) prick
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

8. (noun) prick
to render acid or pungent

9. (noun) prick
to dress; to prink; -- usually with up

10. (noun) prick
to run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail

11. (noun) prick
to trace on a chart, as a ship's course

12. (noun) prick
to drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness

13. (noun) prick
to nick

14.  prick
that which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer

15.  prick
the act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse

16.  prick
a mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point

17.  prick
a point or mark on the dial, noting the hour

18.  prick
the point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin

19.  prick
a mark denoting degree; degree; pitch

20.  prick
a mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid

21.  prick
the footprint of a hare

22.  prick
a small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco

23. (verb) prick
to be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks

24. (verb) prick
to spur onward; to ride on horseback

25. (verb) prick
to become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine

26. (verb) prick
to aim at a point or mark

Translation of 'prick'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to pierce slightly or stick a sharp point into She pricked her finger on a pin; He pricked a hole in the paper.
Afrikaans: steek, prik	Arabic: يَخِزُ، يَنْخَسُ	Bulgarian: убождам
Brazilian: espetar	Czech: (pro)píchnout (se o)	German: stechen
Danish: stikke	Greek: τρυπώ	Spanish: pinchar, perforar
Estonian: torkama	Farsi: سوراخ کردن	Finnish: pistää
French: piquer, percer	Hebrew: לִדקוֹר	Hindi: छेदना, चुभाना
Croatian: probosti, ubosti	Hungarian: (meg)szúr	Indonesian: menusuk
Icelandic: stinga	Italian: pungere; forare	Japanese: 刺す
Korean: 찌르다	Lithuanian: į(si)durti, pradurti	Latvian: []durt; sadurt
Malay: mencucuk	Dutch: prikken	Norwegian: stikke, prikke
Polish: ukłuć, przekłuć	Persian: سوراخ کردن	Pashto: سوري كول
Portuguese: picar	Romanian: aînţepa; a face (o gaură)	Russian: (у)колоть
Slovak: pichnúť (sa), pripichnúť	Slovenian: zbosti	Serbian: ubosti
Swedish: sticka	Thai: แทง	Turkish: hafifçe delmek; batırmak
Taiwanese: 刺，紮穿	Ukrainian: колоти	Urdu: چبھونا
Vietnamese: chọc	Chinese: 刺，扎穿
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