prick

IPA: prˈɪk

A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
(obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
(obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
A small pointed object.
The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
A feeling of remorse.
(slang, vulgar) The penis.
(UK, Australia, US, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Hawaii, slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
(now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
The footprint of a hare.
(obsolete) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
(obsolete) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.

(transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
(farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
(transitive, hunting) To shoot without killing.
(transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
(obsolete) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
(transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
(nautical, obsolete) To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
(intransitive, dated) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
(transitive, intransitive) 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.
(horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
(transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
(intransitive, archaic) To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
(transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
(intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
To aim at a point or mark.
(obsolete, usually as prick up) to dress or adorn; to prink.

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