1 [VN] ~ sth (with sth) to make a very small hole in sth with a sharp point:
Prick holes in the paper with a pin. * He pricked the balloon and burst it.
2 [VN] ~ sth (on sth) to make a small hole in the skin so that it hurts or bleeds:
She pricked her finger on a needle.
3 to make sb feel a slight pain as if they were being pricked:
[V] He felt a pricking sensation in his throat. * [VN] Tears pricked her eyes.
IDIOMS
prick your conscience
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for prick is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is prick a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, prick is tagged as verb.
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