Dictionary Entry
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.
5 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 37 senses
Definitions
- 1verb
That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.
- 2verb
The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse.
- 3verb
A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point.
- 4verb
A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
- 5verb
The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
- 6verb
A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.
- 7verb
A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.
- 8verb
The footprint of a hare.
- 9verb
A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.
- 10noun
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.
- 11noun
To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.
- 12noun
To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
- 13noun
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.
- 14noun
To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.
- 15noun
To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- 16noun
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.
- 17noun
To render acid or pungent.
- 18noun
To dress; to prink; -- usually with up.
- 19noun
To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.
- 20noun
To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.
- 21noun
To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- 22noun
To nick.
- 23intransitive verb
To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks.
- 24intransitive verb
To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
- 25intransitive verb
To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- 26intransitive verb
To aim at a point or mark.
- 27noun
the act of puncturing with a small point
"he gave the balloon a small prick"
Synonyms
- 28noun
obscene terms for penis
- 29noun
insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- 30noun
a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- 31verb
stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
Synonyms
- 32verb
make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
"The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample"
Synonyms
- 33verb
deliver a sting to
"A bee stung my arm yesterday"
- 34verb
to cause a sharp emotional pain
"The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience"
- 35verb
raise
"The dog pricked up his ears"
- 36verb
cause a prickling sensation
Synonyms
- 37verb
cause a stinging pain
"The needle pricked his skin"
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