Definition of prick

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Prick (n.) 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..

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Sticktail :: Stick-seed (n.) A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets..
Tingle :: Tingle (v. i.) To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation..
Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech..
Qualm :: Qualm (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
Prod :: Prod (v. t.) To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student..
Prick :: Prick (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer..
Thistle :: Thistle (n.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants..
Prick :: Prick (n.) 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..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.
Tattoo :: Tattoo (v. t.) To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out..
Tuna :: Tuna (n.) The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly..
Stabbingly :: Stabber (n.) A small marline spike; a pricker.
Cactaceous :: Cactaceous (a.) Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example..
Aculeated :: Aculeated (a.) Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste..
Opuntia :: Opuntia (n.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig..
Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A prickle.
Chestnut :: Chestnut (n.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.
Goad :: Goad (v. t.) To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate..
Unarmed :: Unarmed (a.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc..
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