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Pricking

Pricking Meaning & Definition
Pricking Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pricking?

[n] the act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the balloon a small prick"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pricking: prick

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See Also | puncture

Pricking In Webster's Dictionary

\Prick"ing\, n. 1. The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point. ``There is that speaketh like the prickings of a sword.'' --Prov. xii. 18 [1583]. 2. (Far.) (a) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness. (b) Same as {Nicking}. 3. A sensation of being pricked. --Shak. 4. The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks. [Obs.] 5. Dressing one's self for show; prinking. [Obs.]

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