Pricking

/ˈpɹɪkɪŋ/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:17 ptsWWF:21 pts8 letters

Definition of Pricking

verb

  1. To pierce or puncture slightly.

    "John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood."

  2. To form by piercing or puncturing.

    "to prick a pattern for embroidery"

  3. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
  4. To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
  5. To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.

noun

  1. The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
  2. A sensation that pricks.

    "the prickings of conscience"

  3. The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
  4. A nicking.
  5. The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.

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