To prick something is to cause it to become excited or agitated. When you prick the skin with a needle, you cause the skin to become inflamed.
He was pricked by the needle, and his skin started to bleed.
The noise of the crowd was pricking my ears.
verb
To pierce or puncture slightly.
verb
To form by piercing or puncturing.
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To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
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To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
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To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
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To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
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To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
verb
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.
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Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
verb
To incite, stimulate, goad.
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To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
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To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
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To make acidic or pungent.
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To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
verb
To aim at a point or mark.
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Usually as prick up: to dress or adorn; to prink.
adjective
Punctured by small holes