Crossword-Solution: PRICK
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| 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. |
| Prick | v. | The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse. |
| Prick | v. | A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point. |
| Prick | v. | A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour. |
| Prick | v. | The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin. |
| Prick | v. | A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch. |
| Prick | v. | A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid. |
| Prick | v. | The footprint of a hare. |
| Prick | v. | A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco. |
| 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 | n. | To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board. |
| Prick | n. | To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off. |
| Prick | n. | To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition. |
| Prick | n. | To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off. |
| Prick | n. | To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. |
| Prick | n. | To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged. |
| Prick | n. | To render acid or pungent. |
| Prick | n. | To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. |
| Prick | n. | To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail. |
| Prick | n. | To trace on a chart, as a ship's course. |
| Prick | n. | To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness. |
| Prick | n. | To nick. |
| Prick | v. i. | To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks. |
| Prick | v. i. | To spur onward; to ride on horseback. |
| Prick | v. i. | To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine. |
| Prick | v. i. | To aim at a point or mark. |
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Sentences with PRICK (5)
The Fly and the Draught-Mule A FLY sat on the axle-tree of a chariot, and addressing the Draught-Mule said, “How slow you are! Why do you not go faster? See if I do not prick your neck with my sting.” The Draught-Mule replied, “I do not heed your threats; I only care for him who sits above you, and who quickens my pace with his whip, or holds me back with the reins.
His intellectual gifts, his moral perceptions, his power of experiencing and communicating emotion, were kept in a state of preternatural activity by the prick and anguish of his daily life.
Tip got one small prick in his left arm, which smarted for an hour afterward; but the needles had no effect upon the Scarecrow or Jack Pumpkinhead, who never even suspected they were being prodded.
But great will be his pleasure when he learns who has wandered amongst us—and great will be the pleasure of Hortan Gur when Thar Ban drags before him the mad fool who dared prick the great jeddak with his sword.” Then they left him to the silence and the darkness.
There is no more to say, but east and west, In go the speares sadly in the rest, In goth the sharp spur into the side, There see men who can just and who can ride; There shiver shaftes upon shieldes thick, He feeleth through the heart-spone the prick; Up springen speares, twenty feet in height, Out go the swordes to the silver bright; The helms they to-hewn and to-shred; Out burst the blood with stern streames red.
Quotes with PRICK (3)
I told you," he whispers back. I can feel his breath just tickling the space behind my ear, making my hair prick up on my neck. "I like you.""You don't know me," I say quickly." I want to, though.
If love be rough with you, be rough with love. Prick love for pricking and you beat love down.
You show me a lazy prick who's lying in bed all day, watching TV, only occasionally getting up to piss, and I'll show you a guy who's not causing any trouble.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 26 times in crossword archives (1964–2024).