pricked
verb
- 1
To pierce or puncture slightly.
“John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood.”
- 2
To form by piercing or puncturing.
“to prick a pattern for embroidery”
- 3
To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
- 4
To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- 5
To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
- 6
To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
“to prick a knife into a board”
- 7
To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
“A sore finger pricks.”
- 8
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.”
- 9
Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
- 10
To incite, stimulate, goad.
- 11
To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
- 12
To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- 13
To make acidic or pungent.
- 14
To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- 15
To aim at a point or mark.
- 16
Usually as prick up: to dress or adorn; to prink.
adjective
- 1
Punctured by small holes
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