Meaning

A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing..

Definitions by Sense

1. A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
2. An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
3. (obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
4. (obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
5. A small pointed object.
6. The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
7. A feeling of remorse.
8. (slang, vulgar) The penis.

Example Sentences

Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary.

It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

I felt a sharp prick as the nurse took a sample of blood.

1768–1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued the pricks of conscience

Patriarchal attitudes have made a society where men rule and women obey, where "you'd-better-know-your-place-boy," where gay men actually play husband-and-wife (my lover and I did it for four years, until it became intolerable), where king prick lays down the law.

the prick of noon

they that shooten nearest the prick

John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood.

Word Forms

• pricks
• pricking
• pricked

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Use prick when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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