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To pierce or puncture slightly.
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John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood.
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To form by piercing or puncturing.
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to prick a pattern for embroidery
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To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
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To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
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To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
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To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
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to prick a knife into a board
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To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
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A sore finger pricks.
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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.
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The dog's ears pricked up at the sound of a whistle.
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Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
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To incite, stimulate, goad.
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To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
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To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
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To make acidic or pungent.
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To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
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To aim at a point or mark.
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Usually as prick up: to dress or adorn; to prink.