What does pricked mean?
Pricked means Punctured by small holes..
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/pɹɪkt/ · adjective
Punctured by small holes..
The room was quite dark. The oblong window showed the night sky pricked here and there with stars.
Make sure to keep your ears pricked and your eyes peeled.
Use pricked when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pricked means Punctured by small holes..
Common synonyms include pierced, punctured.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The room was quite dark. The oblong window showed the night sky pricked here and there with stars.
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