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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : prik |
| Phonetic Transcription : prɪk |
Definition of prick
Origin :- Middle English prikke, from Old English prica (n.) "point, puncture; particle, small portion of space or time," common West Germanic (cf. Low German prik "point," Middle Dutch prick, Dutch prik, Swedish prick "point, dot"). Meaning "pointed weapon, dagger" is first attested 1550s.
- Earliest recorded use for "penis" is 1590s (Shakespeare puns upon it). My prick was used 16c.-17c. as a term of endearment by "immodest maids" for their boyfriends. As a term of abuse, it is attested by 1929. Prick-teaser attested from 1958. To kick against the pricks (Acts ix:5, first in the translation of 1382) is probably from sense of "a goad for oxen" (mid-14c.).
- noun small hole made by stab
- noun penis (vulgar)
- noun highly unpleasant man
- verb stab, perforate
- And the hair along the back of Younger Brother began to prick.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- So they kept shouting to him, and even went so far as to prick him with their swords.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Prick them with a fork, and crimp or scollop the edges neatly.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- However, if you think it best, we will prick on our steeds for another hour.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- He drew him into a corner, on seeing Vuillet prick up his big ears.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- Prick the sausages, and place them on a greased baking-sheet.
- Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
- Make it up into cakes, place them on a tin well buttered, prick them full of holes on the top, and bake them in a quick oven.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- Weigh some fine morellas, cut off half the stalk, prick them with a new needle, and drop them into a jar or wide-mouth bottle.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- Thar's nothin' to it; prick her finger, an' you pierce his heart.
- Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
- It was easy to say that there was no necessity to prick her with a spur.
- Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various
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