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Uncommonprick
The correct spelling is prick.
How to pronounce prick
/pɹɪk/
nounIPA: /pɹɪk/
Say it like: Pri-k
The correct spelling is prick. A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. For example: "I felt a sharp prick as the nurse took a sample of blood."
Usage Examples
“I felt a sharp prick as the nurse took a sample of blood.”
“John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood.”
“to prick a pattern for embroidery”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
- 2.An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- 3.A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
- 4.A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
- 5.A small pointed object.
verb
- 1.To pierce or puncture slightly.
- 2.To form by piercing or puncturing.
- 3.To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
- 4.To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- 5.To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
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