pricked

/pɹɪkt/

verb

  1. 1

    To pierce or puncture slightly.

    John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood.
  2. 2

    To form by piercing or puncturing.

    to prick a pattern for embroidery
  3. 3

    To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.

  4. 4

    To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).

  5. 5

    To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.

  6. 6

    To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.

    to prick a knife into a board
  7. 7

    To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.

    A sore finger pricks.
  8. 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. 9

    Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.

  10. 10

    To incite, stimulate, goad.

  11. 11

    To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.

  12. 12

    To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.

  13. 13

    To make acidic or pungent.

  14. 14

    To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.

  15. 15

    To aim at a point or mark.

  16. 16

    Usually as prick up: to dress or adorn; to prink.

adjective

  1. 1

    Punctured by small holes

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