[{"word":"pricking","phonetic":"/ˈpɹɪkɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈpɹɪkɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To pierce or puncture slightly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood."},{"definition":"To form by piercing or puncturing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to prick a pattern for embroidery"},{"definition":"To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to prick a knife into a board"},{"definition":"To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A sore finger pricks."},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The dog's ears pricked up at the sound of a whistle."},{"definition":"Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To incite, stimulate, goad.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make acidic or pungent.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To aim at a point or mark.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Usually as prick up: to dress or adorn; to prink.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A sensation that pricks.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the prickings of conscience"},{"definition":"The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A nicking.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Dressing oneself for show; prinking.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prick","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pricking"]}]