I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
prick sb’s conscience (= make sb feel guilty )
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Some of the things he’d done still pricked his conscience.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
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The criss-cross pattern of streets, pricked out by street lights, flowed inland until the town petered out into blackness.
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Parnell Forbes: one eye pricked out , with an acacia thorn.
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It was growing dusk; stars were pricking out in the cold sky above them.
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One vacation she was given a holiday job in the palace gardens, pricking out marigolds.
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She wanted to remain in the earthy warmth of the glass-house, watching him pricking out seedlings.
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That way you avoid the hazards of pricking out seedlings and keep root disturbance to a minimum.
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When floating leaves start coming to the surface of the water the plants are ready for pricking out .
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The dark galaxy spiralled around her, each constellation pricked out in delicate shades of fragrance.
up
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When I referred to this restaurant of his, the Skein of Geese, her ears pricked up .
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My ears pricked up at every sound on the stairs.
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As soon as I heard the word Deptford my ears pricked up .
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Pale ears beneath a boyish crewcut were pricked up alertly.
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Henry pushed his door open a crack, and pricked up his ears.
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I pricked up my ears, and sure enough, the sound was getting louder.
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The boy pricked up his ears, because, as it happened, so they were this earth.
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Yet it was that touring and the inspired mania of their shows that pricked up the ears at Arista Records.
■ NOUN
conscience
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We subscribe in order to have our consciences pricked , not to be amused and entertained.
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Tomalin could resume her normal existence and literary pursuits, putting aside the fortnight of having conscience pricked and self-control tested.
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Later Rameshwar became ill and his conscience pricked him because of his evil treatment of Tukaram, and he asked to be forgiven.
ear
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When I referred to this restaurant of his, the Skein of Geese, her ears pricked up.
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The horse has a braided tail and ears pricked as if eager to be off.
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She didn't look back, and she didn't linger, but her ears were pricked at every step.
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My ears pricked up at every sound on the stairs.
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His ears pricked themselves to attention as he became aware of the master's mood.
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As soon as I heard the word Deptford my ears pricked up.
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The ears have it Ears pricked: in alarm, or on meeting another horse.
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The two wolves stood by his horse with their ears pricked , and suddenly they began growling deep in their throats.
finger
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Matters were not helped by Maeve occasionally pricking her finger with the needle, but at last she had had her say.
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The coarse fibers of the rope pricked her fingers .
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She once pricked my finger-a gentle, hilarious spearing-and took some blood for a lesson on cells.
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The princess tried the spindle, but pricked her finger .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
burst/prick sb's bubble
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Prick the potatoes before baking them.
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A small bead of blood formed where she had pricked her finger.
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She accidentally pricked herself with a contaminated needle.
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Tears pricked my eyes and stung in my throat.
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With a fork, prick holes in the cake layers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A domestic goose is cooked when the juices from the breast run pale yellow when pricked.
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His ears pricked themselves to attention as he became aware of the master's mood.
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How to reassure this woman when her question pricked his own uncertainty?
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I pricked my ears up on that one.
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Pale ears beneath a boyish crewcut were pricked up alertly.
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When tender, the peel sinks to the bottom of the pan and you can prick it easily with a fork.
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With the pricking of the Wall Street bubble, that theory is now itself history.
II. noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
burst/prick sb's bubble
kick against the pricks
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Blood was dripping from several pricks on his arm.
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He felt a sudden sting like the prick of a needle in his back.
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The lamb rolls fall apart with the first prick of the fork.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Blood was obtained by heel prick .
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With each step, I felt a prick against my heel.