prick

1. v. That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer. Source: opted

2. v. The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse. Source: opted

3. v. A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point. Source: opted

4. v. A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour. Source: opted

5. v. The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin. Source: opted

6. v. A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch. Source: opted

7. v. A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid. Source: opted

8. v. The footprint of a hare. Source: opted

9. v. A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco. Source: opted

10. n. 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. Source: opted

11. n. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board. Source: opted

12. n. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off. Source: opted

13. n. 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. Source: opted

14. n. To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off. Source: opted

15. n. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. Source: opted

16. n. 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. Source: opted

17. n. To render acid or pungent. Source: opted

18. n. To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. Source: opted

19. n. To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail. Source: opted

20. n. To trace on a chart, as a ship's course. Source: opted

21. n. To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness. Source: opted

22. n. To nick. Source: opted

23. v. i. To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks. Source: opted

24. v. i. To spur onward; to ride on horseback. Source: opted

25. v. i. To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine. Source: opted

26. v. i. To aim at a point or mark. Source: opted

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