Pricking
/ˈpɹɪkɪŋ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:17 ptsWWF:21 pts8 letters
Definition of Pricking
verb
- To pierce or puncture slightly.
"John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood."
- To form by piercing or puncturing.
"to prick a pattern for embroidery"
- To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
- To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
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