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Rarepricked
The correct spelling is pricked.
How to pronounce pricked
verb
IPA: /pɹɪkt/
Say it like: Pri-ked
The correct spelling is pricked. To pierce or puncture slightly. For example: "John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood."
Usage Examples
“John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood.”
“to prick a pattern for embroidery”
“to prick a knife into a board”
Meanings
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.
adjective
- 1.Punctured by small holes
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