pricking

Definition of Pricking in English :

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Noun

1. prick, pricking

the act of puncturing with a small point

Example Sentences:
'he gave the balloon a small prick'

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pricking

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noun

the act or an instance of feeling a sharp emotion

prickings of conscience

Pricking

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noun

1.

the act or process of one that pricks

2.

a prickly feeling

Pricking

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n.

1.

a. The act of piercing or pricking.

b. The sensation of being pierced or pricked.

2.

a. A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse.

b. A small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or bee sting.

3. A small mark or puncture made by a pointed object.

4. A pointed object, such as an ice pick, goad, or thorn.

5. Chiefly British A hare's track or footprint.

6. Vulgar Slang A penis.

7. Vulgar Slang A person considered to be mean or contemptible, especially a man.

v. pricked, prick·ing, pricks

v.tr.

1.

a. To puncture lightly.

b. To make (a hole) by puncturing something.

2. To spur (a horse).

3. To affect with a mental or emotional pang, as of sorrow or remorse: criticism that pricked his conscience.

4. To impel as if with a spur; stimulate or provoke.

5. To mark or delineate on a surface by means of small punctures: prick a pattern on a board.

6. To pierce the quick of (a horse's hoof) while shoeing.

7. To transplant (seedlings, for example) before final planting.

8. To cause to stand erect or point upward: The dogs pricked their ears.

v.intr.

1. To pierce or puncture something or cause a pricking feeling.

2. To feel a pang or twinge from being pricked.

3.

a. To spur a horse on.

b. To ride at a gallop.

4. To stand erect; point upward: The dog's ears pricked at the noise.

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