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[ prik-ing ] / ˈprɪk ɪŋ /
nounthe act of a person or thing that pricks. a prickly or smarting sensation. Origin of prickingbefore 1000; Middle English; Old English pricung;see prick, -ing1 Words nearby prickingPrichard, prick, prick-eared, pricker, pricket, pricking, prickle, prickleback, prickle cell, prickle cell layer, prickly Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for prickingHe started playing with the fork again, pricking his thumb against its end. The Fourth War: My Lunch with a Jihadi|Elliot Ackerman|January 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Fact is, my ears have been pricking up all morning to hear the old bull-whips crack. The Lions of the Lord|Harry Leon Wilson "As you please, Monseigneur," answered Modernus, pricking his mount. The Miracle Of The Great St. Nicolas|Anatole France He could not resist the temptation of stealing across the reeds to Mysa and pricking him with the point of his knife. The Second Jungle Book|Rudyard Kipling
The pricking out of seedlings in pots in the propagating pit is effected in a similar way. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7|Various “By the pricking of my thumbs, something evil this way comes,” exclaimed Carstairs. The Cruise of the Frolic|W.H.G. Kingston
Words related to prickingjerk, slit, puncture, gash, cut, wound, prickle, stab, jag, perforation, jab, pinhole, dick, pecker, peter, cock, shaft, twit, bastard, jackass |