prick
prick is a 5-letter English word with 37 senses as verb, noun, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- verb. That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.
- verb. The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse.
- verb. A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point.
- verb. A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
- verb. The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
- verb. A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.
- verb. A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.
- verb. The footprint of a hare.
- verb. A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.
- noun. 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.
- noun. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.
- noun. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
- noun. 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.
- noun. To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.
- noun. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- noun. 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.
- noun. To render acid or pungent.
- noun. To dress; to prink; -- usually with up.
- noun. To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.
- noun. To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.
- noun. To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- noun. To nick.
- intransitive verb. To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks.
- intransitive verb. To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
- intransitive verb. To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- intransitive verb. To aim at a point or mark.
- noun. the act of puncturing with a small point
"he gave the balloon a small prick"
- noun. obscene terms for penis
- noun. insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- noun. a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- verb. stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
- verb. make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
"The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample"
- verb. deliver a sting to
"A bee stung my arm yesterday"
- verb. to cause a sharp emotional pain
"The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience"
- verb. raise
"The dog pricked up his ears"
- verb. cause a prickling sensation
- verb. cause a stinging pain
"The needle pricked his skin"
Synonyms
pricking, cock, dick, pecker, peter, putz, shaft, tool, asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, motherfucker, shit, sob, whoreson, dent, incision, scratch, slit, goad, prickle, bite, sting
Common word forms
pricks, pricked, pricker, prickly, pricking, prickless
Words from these letters
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