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| pricked | |
| 1. adj. punctured by small holes |  |
| prick | |
| 1. n. A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. | |
| 2. n. An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point. | |
| 4. n. (obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot. | |
| 5. n. A small pointed object. | |
| 6. n. 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. n. (slang) The penis. | |
| 8. n. (Australia) Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying. | |
| 9. n. (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco. | |
| 10. n. The footprint of a hare. | |
| 11. n. (obsolete) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour. | |
| 12. n. (obsolete) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin. | |
| 13. v. To pierce or puncture slightly. | |
| John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood. | |
| 14. v. (farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness. | |
| 15. v. 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 | |
| 16. v. (obsolete) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark. | |
| 17. v. (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart). | |
| 18. v. (nautical, obsolete) To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail. | |
| 19. v. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing. | |
| to prick a knife into a board | |
| 20. v. (intransitive, dated) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture. | |
| A sore finger pricks. | |
| 21. v. 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. | |
| 22. v. (horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals. | |
| 23. v. To incite, stimulate, goad. | |
| 24. v. (intransitive, archaic) To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly. | |
| 25. v. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. | |
| 26. v. To make acidic or pungent. | |
| 27. v. (intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine. | |
| 28. v. To aim at a point or mark. | |
| 29. v. (obsolete) Usually as prick up: to dress; to prink. | |
