noun
Meaning 1
A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
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noun
A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
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noun
An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
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noun
A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
A small pointed object.
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noun
The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
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noun
A feeling of remorse.
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noun
The penis.
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Usage: slang, vulgar
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noun
Someone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
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Usage: derogatory, slang
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Synonyms: assbag, assbreath, assbucket, asschunk, asscunt, assface, assfag, assfaggot, assfuck, assfucker, asshat, asshead, asshole, assmonkey, assmouth, assmunch, assmuncher, asstard, asswagon, assweed, asswipe, bag of dicks, ball sack, ballsucker, barf bag, bastard, berk, bitchcunt, bitchface, bitchfuck, bitchwhore, blackguard, buttface, butthead, buttmunch, buttmuncher, choad, chunderhead, chunk-blower, cockatrice, cockbag, cockbreath, cockface, cockfag, cockfuck, cockfucker, cock gobbler, cockhead, cock-knocker, cockmonger, cockmunch, cockmuncher, cocksack, cockshit, cocksuck, cocksucker, cockwad, cockwaffle, cockweasel, cockwipe, crapface, craphead, cullion, cumbucket, cum guzzler, cumrag, cumstain, cunt, cuntard, cuntass, cuntbag, cuntbiscuit, cuntbitch, cuntbreath, cuntbucket, cuntface, cuntfuck, cuntfucker, cunthead, cuntlapper, cuntlicker, cuntmuffin, cunt muncher, cuntrag, cuntshit, cuntstain, cuntsucker, cuntwad, cuntwaffle, cuntweasel, cuntweed, cuntwhacker, cuntwipe, dick, dickass, dickbag, dickbiscuit, dickbreath, dickbucket, dickface, dickfuck, dickfucker, dickhead, dicklicker, dick munch, dick muncher, dicknose, dicknut, dicksack, dickshit, dickslap, dicksneeze, dickstain, dickster, dicksucker, dicktard, dickwad, dickweasel, dickweed, dickwipe, dillweed, dipfuck, dipshit, dirtbag, dirthead, dirtwad, douche, douchebag, douche boat, doucheburger, douchecanoe, douchelord, douche nozzle, douchewad, douchewagon, fag, faggot, faggotface, fuck, fuckass, fuckbag, fuckball, fuckbucket, fuckchop, fucker, fuckface, fuckhead, fucklord, fuckmitten, fuckmuffin, fucknose, fucknozzle, fuckoid, fuckrod, fuckshit, fuckstain, fuckster, fuckstick, fuckskull, fucktrumpet, fuckwaffle, fuckweed, fuckwit, fuckweasel, fucktard, git, hosebag, jackass, jackoff, jagoff, jagweed, jerk, jerkball, jerko, jerkoff, jerkwad, jerkweed, jitbag, jizzbag, knob-gobbler, knob polisher, lowlife, meanie, nark, nutsack, paddock, penishead, piece of crap, piece of garbage, piece of junk, piece of shit, piece of trash, piece of work, pile of crap, pile of shit, pig, pissbag, pissface, pisshead, pisspot, prick, prickface, prickhead, prickwad, pukeball, pukestain, pusbag, pushead, pussybreath, sack of shit, schmuck, scoundrel, scum, scumbag, scumbreath, scumbug, scumbutt, scumface, scumfuck, scumhead, scumhole, scumlord, scunge, scuzz, scuzzball, scuzzbucket, scuzzoid, shitass, shitball, shitbag, shitbeast, shitbird, shitbiscuit, shitbreath, shitbucket, shitcock, shitcunt, shitdick, shiteater, shitface, shitfuck, shitfucker, shitgibbon, shitgoblin, shitguzzler, shithead, shitheap, shitheel, shithook, shitlicker, shitlord, shitmuncher, shitneck, shitnugget, shitnuts, shitpiss, shitpot, shitrag, shitsack, shitstain, shitwad, shitwaffle, shitweasel, shitweed, sleaze, sleazeball, sleazebag, sleazebucket, sleazehole, sleazewad, slimebucket, slimeface, slimehole, slimewad, snotbag, snotball, snotface, snothead, snotrag, snotwad, sourhead, squib, swine, thundercunt, tool, tosser, tosspot, turdbreath, turdface, turdhead, undesirable, vonce, wanker, wankface, wankfart, wankhead, wankpuffin, wankstain, weasel, wet wipe
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noun
A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
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Usage: historical
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noun
The footprint of a hare.
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noun
A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
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Usage: obsolete
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verb
To pierce or puncture slightly.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To pierce or puncture slightly.
To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: farriery, hobbies, horses, lifestyle, pets, sports
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verb
To pierce or puncture slightly.
To shoot without killing.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
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verb
To form by piercing or puncturing.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
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Usage: obsolete
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verb
To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
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Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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verb
To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
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Usage: obsolete
Topics: nautical, transport
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verb
To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
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verb
To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
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Usage: dated, intransitive
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verb
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.
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Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
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Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
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verb
To incite, stimulate, goad.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
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Usage: archaic, intransitive
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verb
To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
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verb
To make acidic or pungent.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To aim at a point or mark.
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verb
to dress or adorn; to prink.
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Usage: obsolete, usually
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noun
the act of puncturing with a small point
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: pricking
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Broader terms: puncture
noun
obscene terms for penis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cock, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz
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Broader terms: penis, phallus, member
noun
insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB
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Broader terms: unpleasant person, disagreeable person
noun
a depression scratched or carved into a surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: incision, scratch, slit, dent
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Broader terms: depression, impression, imprint
Narrower terms: score, scotch
verb
stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
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Synonyms: goad
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Broader terms: stab, jab
verb
make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: prickle
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Broader terms: pierce
Narrower terms: needle
verb
deliver a sting to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sting, bite
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Broader terms: pierce
verb
to cause a sharp emotional pain
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Broader terms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
verb
raise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: prick up, cock up
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Broader terms: rear, erect
verb
cause a prickling sensation
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Synonyms: prickle
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Broader terms: prick, sting, twinge
verb
cause a stinging pain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sting, twinge
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Broader terms: hurt, ache, suffer
Narrower terms: prickle, prick
History
From Middle English prik, prikke, from Old English prica, pricu (“a sharp point, minute mark, spot, dot, small portion, prick”), from Proto-West Germanic *prikō, *priku, from Proto-Germanic *prikô, *prikō (“a prick, point”), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *breyǵ- (“to scrape, scratch, rub, prickle, chap”). Cognate with West Frisian prik (“small hole”), West Frisian prikke (“penis”), Dutch prik (“point, small stick", also "penis”), Danish prik (“dot”), Icelandic prik (“dot, small stick”).
From Middle English prikken, from Old English prician, priccan (“to prick”), from Proto-Germanic *prikōną, *prikjaną (“to pierce, prick”), of uncertain origin; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *breyǵ- (“to scrape, scratch, rub, prickle, chap”). Cognate with dialectal English pritch, Dutch prikken (“to prick, sting”), Middle High German pfrecken (“to prick”), Swedish pricka (“to dot, prick”), and possibly to Lithuanian įbrėžti (“to scrape, scratch, carve, inscribe, strike”).
Across languages
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