pricker
/ˈpɹɪkə(ɹ)/
pricker noun: one who pricks.
Noun
pricker (plural prickers)
- One who pricks.
- A tool for pricking.
- The pricker was used to level the fire half-way up the bank and that was that.1961 February, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives - Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 112
- A prickle or thorn.
- Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
- One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
- The prickers, who rode foremost, […] halted.1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London...
- A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
- A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.
pricker meaning in Tamil
pricker in Tamil
- குத்தி, குத்து கருவி
Forms of pricker
| plural | prickers |
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Origin of pricker
From prick + -er.
Words that rhyme with pricker
Questions about pricker
- What does pricker mean?
- Pricker means one who pricks.
- What is pricker in Tamil?
- Pricker in Tamil is குத்தி, குத்து கருவி. See Pricker meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pricker?
- Pricker is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pricker?
- Pricker is pronounced /ˈpɹɪkə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of pricker?
- The plural of pricker is prickers.
Words near pricker in the dictionary
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