prick

A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.

An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.

A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.obsolete

A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.obsolete

A small pointed object.

• Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary.
• It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.

• I felt a sharp prick as the nurse took a sample of blood.

A feeling of remorse.

• 1768–1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued the pricks of conscience

The penis.slangvulgar

• Patriarchal attitudes have made a society where men rule and women obey, where "you'd-better-know-your-place-boy," where gay men actually play husband-and-wife (my lover and I did it for four years, until it became intolerable), where king

Someone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.derogatoryslang

A small roll of yarn or tobacco.historical

To pierce or puncture slightly.transitive

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

To pierce or puncture slightly.; To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.transitive

To pierce or puncture slightly.; To shoot without killing.transitive

• They had shot at old Tom, the hare, too, but he is still alive; at least I pricked him yesterday morn across the path into the turnip field.

To form by piercing or puncturing.transitive

• to prick holes in paper
• to prick a pattern for embroidery

To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.obsolete

• c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers Some who are pricked for sheriffs.

To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).transitive

To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.obsolete

To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.

• The cooks [...]prick it [a slice] on a prog of iron.
• I caused the edges of two knives to be ground truly strait; and pricking their points into a board, so that their edges might look towards one another, and, meeting near their points, contain a rectilinear angle

To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.datedintransitive

• A sore finger pricks.

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.ambitransitive

• The dog's ears pricked up at the sound of a whistle.