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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Prick \Prick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pricked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pricking.] [AS. prician; akin to LG. pricken, D. prikken,
Dan. prikke, Sw. pricka. See Prick, n., and cf. Prink,
Prig.]
1. To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or
substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by
puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one
with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes
in paper.
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2. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as,
to prick a knife into a board. --Sir I. Newton.
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The cooks prick it [a slice] on a prong of iron.
--Sandys.
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3. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking;
to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
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Some who are pricked for sheriffs. --Bacon.
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Let the soldiers for duty be carefully pricked off.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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Those many, then, shall die: their names are
pricked. --Shak.
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4. To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by
pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a
pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical
composition. --Cowper.
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5. To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite;
to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.
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Who pricketh his blind horse over the fallows.
--Chaucer.
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The season pricketh every gentle heart. --Chaucer.
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My duty pricks me on to utter that. --Shak.
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6. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. ``I
was pricked with some reproof.'' --Tennyson.
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Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their
heart. --Acts ii. 37.
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7. To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as
something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an
animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; --
hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have
the attention and interest strongly engaged. ``The courser
. . . pricks up his ears.'' --Dryden.
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8. To render acid or pungent. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
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9. To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. [Obs.]
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10. (Naut)
(a) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.
(b) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.
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11. (Far.)
(a) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause
lameness.
(b) To nick.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Prick \Prick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pricked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pricking.] [AS. prician; akin to LG. pricken, D. prikken,
Dan. prikke, Sw. pricka. See Prick, n., and cf. Prink,
Prig.]
1. To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or
substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by
puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one
with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes
in paper.
2. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as,
to prick a knife into a board. --Sir I. Newton.
The cooks prick it [a slice] on a prong of iron.
--Sandys.
3. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking;
to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
Some who are pricked for sheriffs. --Bacon.
Let the soldiers for duty be carefully pricked off.
--Sir W.
Scott.
Those many, then, shall die: their names are
pricked. --Shak.
4. To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by
pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a
pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical
composition. --Cowper.
5. To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite;
to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.
Who pricketh his blind horse over the fallows.
--Chaucer.
The season pricketh every gentle heart. --Chaucer.
My duty pricks me on to utter that. --Shak.
6. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. ``I
was pricked with some reproof.'' --Tennyson.
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their
heart. --Acts ii. 37.
7. To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as
something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an
animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; --
hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have
the attention and interest strongly engaged. ``The courser
. . . pricks up his ears.'' --Dryden.
8. To render acid or pungent. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
9. To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. [Obs.]
10. (Naut)
(a) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.
(b) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.
11. (Far.)
(a) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause
lameness.
(b) To nick.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
pricked
a.
punctured by small holes
vb.
(infl of en prick ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
pricked
a.
punctured by small holes
vb.
(infl of en prick ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
pricked
a.
punctured by small holes
vb.
(infl of en prick ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
pricked
a.
punctured by small holes
vb.
(infl of en prick ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
pricked
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm p rick ed)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
pricked
Engelska a.
(avledning en prick ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb prick)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Pricked /pɹˈɪkt/ مثقوبFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
pricked /pɹˈɪkt/ angestochen see: prick sth., pricking, Prick the sausages before you grill them.From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
pricked /pɹˈɪkt/ pikiert see: prick, prickingFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
pricked /pɹˈɪkt/
geprickelt, gekribbelt
Synonyms: prickled, tingled
see: prick, prickle, tingle, pricking, prickling, tingling, pricks, prickles, tingles, pricked, Prickled, tingled
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
pricked /pɹˈɪkt/
prickelte
Synonyms: Prickled, tingled
see: prick, prickle, tingle, pricking, prickling, tingling, pricked, prickled, tingled, pricks, prickles, tingles
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
pricked /pɹˈɪkt/
gestochen, gepikt/gepiekt, gepikst/gepiekst
"I/he/she pricked" - ich/er/sie stach
"he/she has/had pricked" - er/sie hat/hatte gestochen
see: prick sb. with sth., pricking, he/she pricks, I/he/she would prick, prick!, prick sb. with a needle
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
pricked /pɹˈɪkt/
gestochen, gestachelt
Synonym: prickled
see: prick, prickle, pricking, prickling
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]/ˈpɹɪkt/