prick
verb
[ prɪk ]
• make a small hole in (something) with a sharp point; pierce slightly.
• "prick the potatoes with a fork"
Similar:
pierce,
puncture,
make/put a hole in,
stab,
perforate,
rupture,
riddle,
penetrate,
nick,
spear,
slit,
incise,
knife,
bore,
spike,
skewer,
spit,
stick,
punch,
pin,
needle,
jag,
jab,
pink,
transpierce,
• (especially of a horse or dog) make (the ears) stand erect when on the alert.
• "the dog's ears were pricked"
prick
noun
• an act of piercing something with a sharp point.
• "the pin prick had produced a drop of blood"
• a man's penis.
• a spiked stick used for driving oxen.
Origin:
Old English pricca (noun), prician (verb), probably of West Germanic origin and related to Low German and Dutch prik (noun), prikken (verb).
