n. A slender pointed instrument or other thing capable of puncturing; something sharp-pointed.n. A thorn; spine; prickle.n. A skewer.n. A goad. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] The penis. [Low.] A kind of eel-spear. [Eng.]n. Same as pricket, 1.n. A point; dot; small mark.n. Specifically— A mark used in writing or printing, as a vowel-point or a comma.n. In archery, the point in the center of a target at which aim is taken; the white; also, the target itself, or, in the plural, a pair of targets, one at the top and the other at the bottom of the range.n. A mark on a dial noting the hour; hence, a point of time.n. A mark denoting degree; pitch; point.n. A mathematical point.n. In music, a note or point: so called from the dot or mark that formed its head.n. The act or process of puncturing or pricking.n. A puncture.n. The print of the foot of a hare or deer on the ground.n. plural In tanning, an appearance as of minute punctures in hides soaked in water until decomposition begins.n. Figuratively, that which pierces, stings, goads, or incites the mind.n. A small roll: as, a prick of spun-yarn; a prick of tobacco.To pierce with a sharp point; puncture; wound.To fix or insert by the point: as, to prick a knife into a board.To transfix or impale.To fasten by means of a pin or other pointed instrument; stick.To pick out with or as with a needle.To spur, as a horse; hence, to stimulate to action; goad; incite; impel.To affect with sharp pain; sting, as with remorse or sorrow.To cause to point upward; erect: said chiefly of the ears, and primarily of the pointed ears of certain animals, as the horse: generally with up: hence, to prick up the ears, to listen with eager attention, or evince eager attention.To stick upon by way of decoration; stick full, as of flowers or feathers; hence, to decorate; adorn; prink.To place a point, dot, or similar mark upon; mark.To designate by a mark or dot; hence, to choose or select. Compare pricking for sheriffs, under pricking.To mark or trace by puncturing.To trace or track by the marks or footsteps, as a hare.Nautical, to run a middle seam through the cloth of (a sail).To aim, as at a point or mark.To give a sensation as of being pricked or punctured with a sharp point; also, to have such a sensation.To spur on; ride rapidly; post; speed.To point upward; stand erect.To dress one's self for show; prink.To germinate.To become acid or sour.