How to pronounce “prick”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. [from 10th c.]
• An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. [from 10th c.]
• (obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point. [10th–18th c.]
• (obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot. [10th–18th c.]
• A small pointed object. [from 10th c.]
• The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object. [from 13th c.]
• A feeling of remorse.
• (slang, vulgar) The penis. [from 16th c.]
• (slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying. [from 16th c.]
• (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco. [from 17th c.]
• 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.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly. [from 11th c.]
• (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). [from 16th c.]
• (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.
• (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.
• (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. [from 13th c.]
• (intransitive, archaic) To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly. [from 14th c.]
• 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.
• [Adverb]
• on the dot, exactly, sharp
• with careful aim (in order to hit something)

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