Pricking

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  • v. Present participle of prick.
  • n. The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
  • n. The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
  • n. A nicking.
  • n. The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.
  • n. The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
  • n. Dressing oneself for show; prinking.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
  • n.
  • n. The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
  • n. Same as Nicking.
  • n. A sensation of being pricked.
  • n. The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
  • n. Dressing one's self for show; prinking.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of piercing with a sharp point; a stinging or tingling sensation.
  • n. Specifically, in farriery: The act of driving a nail into a horse's foot with the result of causing lameness.
  • n. The making of an incision at the root of a horse's tail to cause him to carry it higher. See nick, transitive verb
  • n. Musical notation.
  • n. The prick or mark left by the foot of an animal, as a hare or deer; also, the act of tracking an animal by such marks.
  • n. The condition of becoming sour, as wine.
  • n. plural The slips of evergreens with which the churches are decorated from Christmas eve to the eve of Candlemas day. Halliwell.
  • n. Nautical, an English term referring to the propulsion of a punt in shallow water by means of a long pole thrust against the bottom. In America it is called punting, or poling.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of puncturing with a small point
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    puncture   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    nicking   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    prick    prinking   
    Verb Stem
    prick