prick

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: assholebastardcocksuckerdickheadshitmother fuckermotherfuckerwhoresonson of a bitchSOBincisionscratch

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculousSynonyms: assholebastardcocksuckerdickheadshitmother fuckermotherfuckerwhoresonson of a bitchSOB
  2. a depression scratched or carved into a surfaceSynonyms: incisionscratchslitdent
  3. obscene terms for penisSynonyms: cockdickshaftpeckerpetertoolputz
  4. the act of puncturing with a small point“he gave the balloon a small prick”Synonyms: pricking

Verb (7)

  1. make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn“The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample”Synonyms: prickle
  2. cause a stinging pain“The needle pricked his skin”Synonyms: stingtwinge
  3. raise“The dog pricked up his ears”Synonyms: prick upcock up
  4. stab or urge on as if with a pointed stickSynonyms: goad
  5. cause a prickling sensationSynonyms: prickle
  6. to cause a sharp emotional pain“The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience”
  7. deliver a sting to“A bee stung my arm yesterday”Synonyms: stingbite
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Prick \Prick\, n. [AS. prica, pricca, pricu; akin to LG. prick, pricke, D. prik, Dan. prik, prikke, Sw. prick. Cf. Prick, v.]

1.That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer. [1913 Webster]

Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.— Acts ix. 5.[1913 Webster]

2.The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse. "The pricks of conscience." --A. Tucker. [1913 Webster]

3.A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point. Hence: (a) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour. [Obs.] "The prick of noon." --Shak. (b) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin. "They that shooten nearest the prick." --Spenser. (c) A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch. [Obs.] "To prick of highest praise forth to advance." --Spenser. (d) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid. (e) The footprint of a hare. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

4.(Naut.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco. [1913 Webster]

Prick \Prick\, v. i.

1.To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks. [1913 Webster]

2.To spur onward; to ride on horseback. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

A gentle knight was pricking on the plain.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

3.To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine. [1913 Webster]

4.To aim at a point or mark. --Hawkins. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

2.To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]

The cooks prick it [a slice] on a prong of iron.— Sandys.[1913 Webster]

3.To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off. [1913 Webster]

Some who are pricked for sheriffs.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]
Let the soldiers for duty be carefully pricked off.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]
Those many, then, shall die: their names are pricked.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

5.To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off. [1913 Webster]

Who pricketh his blind horse over the fallows.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
The season pricketh every gentle heart.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
My duty pricks me on to utter that.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

6.To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. "I was pricked with some reproof." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart.— Acts ii. 37.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

8.To render acid or pungent. [Obs.] --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]

9.To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

11.(Far.) (a) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness. (b) To nick. [1913 Webster]

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