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pricks

/pɹɪks/

pricks is the plural of prick.

pricks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prick.

Meaning of prick

Noun

prick (plural pricks)

  1. A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
  2. An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
  3. (obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
  4. (obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
  5. A small pointed object.
    • Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  6. 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.

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Questions about pricks

What is pricks the plural of?
Pricks is the plural of prick.
How do you pronounce pricks?
Pricks is pronounced /pɹɪks/.

Words near pricks in the dictionary

  1. prickmadam
  2. prickmedainties
  3. prickmedainty
  4. prickpunch
  5. prickpunches
  6. pricks
  7. pricks one's ears
  8. pricks out
  9. pricks up
  10. pricks up one's ears
  11. prickshaft

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