a. A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse.
b. A small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or bee sting.
3. A small mark or puncture made by a pointed object.
4. A pointed object, such as an ice pick, goad, or thorn.
5. A hares track or footprint.
6. Vulgar Slang A penis.
7. Vulgar Slang A person regarded as highly unpleasant, especially a male.
v.pricked, prick·ing, pricks
v.tr.
1. To puncture lightly.
2. To affect with a mental or emotional pang, as of sorrow or remorse: His conscience began to prick him.
3. To impel as if with a spur; urge on.
4. To mark or delineate on a surface by means of small punctures: prick a pattern on a board.
5. To pierce the quick of (a horses hoof) while shoeing.
6. To transplant (seedlings, for example) before final planting.
7. To cause to stand erect or point upward: The dogs pricked their ears.
v.intr.
1. To pierce or puncture something or cause a pricking feeling.
2. To feel a pang or twinge from or as if from being pricked.
3.
a. To spur a horse on.
b. To ride at a gallop.
4. To stand erect; point upward: The dogs ears pricked at the noise.
Phrasal Verb:
prick offNautical
To measure with dividers on a chart.
Idiom:
prick up (ones) ears
To listen with attentive interest.
[Middle English, from Old English prica, puncture.]
prick /prk/ n.1 a slight stabbing pain made by a sharp point: I felt a prick from the doctors hypodermic needle.2 the hole made by a sharp point: The dressmakers pins left tiny pricks in the silk.3vulg. slang the penis 4vulg. slang an obnoxious, difficult man: That prick makes trouble for everyone! v. [T] 1 to stab the skin lightly: I pricked my finger on the needle.2to prick up ones ears: a. (of an animal) to raise the ears upward in order to listen: The dog pricked up his ears at the sound of the car door.b. to begin to listen attentively: I pricked up my ears when I heard them mention my name.
k/ n. 1 a slight stabbing pain made by a sharp point: I felt a prick from the doctors hypodermic needle. 2 the hole made by a sharp point: The dressmakers pins left tiny pricks in the silk. 3 vulg. slang the penis 4 vulg. slang an obnoxious, difficult man: That prick makes trouble for everyone! 
v. [T] 1 to stab the skin lightly: I pricked my finger on the needle. 2 to prick up ones ears: a. (of an animal) to raise the ears upward in order to listen: The dog pricked up his ears at the sound of the car door. b. to begin to listen attentively: I pricked up my ears when I heard them mention my name. 
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