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pricked

/pɹɪkt/

pricked adjective: punctured by small holes. Also the simple past and past participle of prick.

Adjective

pricked

  1. Punctured by small holes.
    • The room was quite dark. The oblong window showed the night sky pricked here and there with stars.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 19
  2. (figuratively) Listening carefully.
    • Make sure to keep your ears pricked and your eyes peeled.

Also used as

pricked is also the simple past and past participle of prick.

Synonyms of pricked

Words formed from pricked

Phrases with pricked

Words that rhyme with pricked

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Questions about pricked

What does pricked mean?
Pricked means punctured by small holes.
What part of speech is pricked?
Pricked is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pricked?
Pricked is pronounced /pɹɪkt/.

Words near pricked in the dictionary

  1. prick-me-dainties
  2. prick-me-dainty
  3. prick-tease
  4. prick-teaser
  5. prick-teases
  6. pricked
  7. pricked one's ears
  8. pricked out
  9. pricked up
  10. pricked up one's ears
  11. pricker

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