Prick

English Meaning

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

1. The act of piercing or pricking.
2. The sensation of being pierced or pricked.
3. A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse.
4. A small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or bee sting.
5. A small mark or puncture made by a pointed object.
6. A pointed object, such as an ice pick, goad, or thorn.
7. A hare's track or footprint.
8. Vulgar Slang A penis.
9. Vulgar Slang A person regarded as highly unpleasant, especially a male.
10. To puncture lightly.
11. To affect with a mental or emotional pang, as of sorrow or remorse: His conscience began to prick him.
12. To impel as if with a spur; urge on.
13. To mark or delineate on a surface by means of small punctures: prick a pattern on a board.
14. To pierce the quick of (a horse's hoof) while shoeing.
15. To transplant (seedlings, for example) before final planting.
16. To cause to stand erect or point upward: The dogs pricked their ears.
17. To pierce or puncture something or cause a pricking feeling.
18. To feel a pang or twinge from or as if from being pricked.
19. To spur a horse on.
20. To ride at a gallop.
21. To stand erect; point upward: The dog's ears pricked at the noise.
22. prick off Nautical To measure with dividers on a chart.
23. prick up (one's) ears To listen with attentive interest.