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Meaning of 'pricking' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pricking [ n.]
- The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
- The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
- Same as Nicking.
- A sensation of being pricked.
- The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
- Dressing one's self for show; prinking.
2 . Pricking [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Prick

Meaning of 'pricking' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pricking [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of puncturing with a small point
Example in sentence:
  • he gave the balloon a small prick

Nearby Words:

prial prian priapean priapism priapulacea pricasour price priced priceite priceless

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