Definitions from Wiktionary (prick)
▸ noun: A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
▸ noun: An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
▸ noun: A small pointed object.
▸ noun: The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
▸ noun: A feeling of remorse.
▸ noun: (slang, vulgar) The penis.
▸ noun: (slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
▸ noun: (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
▸ noun: The footprint of a hare.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
▸ verb: (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
▸ verb: (farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
▸ verb: (transitive, hunting) To shoot without killing.
▸ verb: (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
▸ verb: (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
▸ verb: (nautical, obsolete) To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
▸ verb: To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
▸ verb: (intransitive, dated) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive) To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
▸ verb: (horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
▸ verb: (transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
▸ verb: (intransitive, archaic) To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
▸ verb: To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
▸ verb: To aim at a point or mark.
▸ verb: (obsolete, usually as prick up) to dress or adorn; to prink.
▸ Also see prick
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Kicking Against the Pricks,
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▸ noun: A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
▸ noun: An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
▸ noun: A small pointed object.
▸ noun: The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
▸ noun: A feeling of remorse.
▸ noun: (slang, vulgar) The penis.
▸ noun: (slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
▸ noun: (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
▸ noun: The footprint of a hare.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
▸ verb: (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
▸ verb: (farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
▸ verb: (transitive, hunting) To shoot without killing.
▸ verb: (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
▸ verb: (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
▸ verb: (nautical, obsolete) To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
▸ verb: To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
▸ verb: (intransitive, dated) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive) To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
▸ verb: (horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
▸ verb: (transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
▸ verb: (intransitive, archaic) To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
▸ verb: To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
▸ verb: To aim at a point or mark.
▸ verb: (obsolete, usually as prick up) to dress or adorn; to prink.
▸ Also see prick
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