transcription, транскрипция: [ prɪk ]
( pricks, pricking, pricked)
1.
If you prick something or prick holes in it, you make small holes in it with a sharp object such as a pin.
Prick the potatoes and rub the skins with salt...
He pricks holes in the foil with a pin.
VERB : V n , V n prep
2.
If something sharp pricks you or if you prick yourself with something sharp, it sticks into you or presses your skin and causes you pain.
She had just pricked her finger with the needle.
VERB : V n
3.
If something pricks your conscience , you suddenly feel guilty about it. If you are pricked by an emotion, you suddenly experience that emotion.
Most were sympathetic once we pricked their consciences...
VERB : V n
4.
A prick is a small, sharp pain that you get when something pricks you.
At the same time she felt a prick on her neck.
N-COUNT
5.
A man’s prick is his penis. ( INFORMAL, VERY RUDE )
N-COUNT : poss N