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Rarepricking
The correct spelling is pricking.
How to pronounce pricking
verb
IPA: /ˈpɹɪkɪŋ/
Say it like: Pri-kin-g
The correct spelling is pricking. 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.
noun
- 1.The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
- 2.A sensation that pricks.
- 3.The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
- 4.A nicking.
- 5.The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.
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