prick

  • 11Prick — 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… …

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  • 12prick — [n] small hole made by stab cut, gash, jab, jag, perforation, pinhole, prickle, puncture, stab, wound; concept 309 prick [v] stab, perforate bore, cut, drill, enter, hurt, jab, lance, pierce, pink, punch, puncture, slash, slit, smart, spur,… …

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  • 13prick|ly — «PRIHK lee», adjective, li|er, li|est. 1. having many sharp points or thorns: »a prickly rosebush, the prickly porcupine. 2. sharp and stinging; smarting; itching: »Heat sometimes causes a pri …

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  • 14prick — index enter (penetrate), lancinate, penetrate, pierce (lance), provocation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …

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  • 15prick — • prick, punkt, fläck, stänk …

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  • 16Prick up — Your Ears    Drame de Stephen Frears, d après la biographie de John Lahr, avec Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn, Julie Walters, James Edward Grant.   Pays: Grande Bretagne   Date de sortie: 1987   Technique: couleurs… …

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  • 17prick — vb 1 punch, puncture, *perforate, bore, drill Analogous words: *enter, pierce, probe, penetrate: Cut, slit, slash 2 *urge, egg, exhort, goad, spur, prod, sic Analogous words: stimulate, excite, pique, *provoke: * …

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  • 18prick|er — «PRIHK uhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that pricks. 2. any sharp pointed instrument. 3. Archaic. a horseman …

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  • 19prick — prick1 [prık] v 1.) [T] to make a small hole in something using something sharp ▪ Prick the sausages before you grill them. prick yourself/prick your finger (=accidentally make a hole in your skin) ▪ She had pricked her finger on a rose thorn.… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20prick — 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… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English