prick
31prick — verb 1》 press briefly or puncture with a sharp point. ↘(prick something out) draw or decorate by making small holes in a surface. 2》 feel a sensation as though a sharp point were sticking into one. ↘cause mental or emotional discomfort to …
32prick — [[t]prɪk[/t]] n. 1) pat a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like 2) the act of pricking: the prick of a needle[/ex] 3) pat the state or sensation of being pricked 4) cvb pat a sharp pain or feeling of discomfort caused by or as if by being …
33prick — [OE] Prick is a word of the Low German area, which English shares with Dutch (prik). Its ultimate origins, though, are not known. The earliest record of its use for ‘penis’ is from the late 16th century, and in the 16th and 17th centuries women… …
34prick — 1. noun /pɹɪk/ a) A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. I felt a sharp prick as the nurse took a sample of blood. b) An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. 2. verb …
35prick — verb Prick is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑conscience, ↑ear, ↑eye, ↑needle, ↑tear Prick is used with these nouns as the object: ↑conscience, ↑finger …
36prick up — phr verb Prick up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑dog, ↑ear Prick up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ear …
37prick — n. a pin prick * * * [prɪk] a pin prick …
38prick — n 1. the penis. The Oxford English Dictionary records the first use of the term in 1592; it was probably extant in the spoken language for some time before. Prick was probably coined with the image of a thorn in mind, from the shape and the image …
39prick — I. penis, dork, hoo haw When the doctor asked me where it hurt, I pointed to my prick. [b]II. [B] foolish man, jerk Only a prick would feed liquor to his pet …
40prick — a penis Once standard English but now a vulgarism: What did in for him Was a prick in the skin, When the prick should have been in Ophelia. (Playboy s Book of Limericks, referring to Hamlet s demise) Also used figuratively… …
