noun a sensation of being pricked.
2. pricking ·noun dressing one's self for show; prinking.
3. pricking ·noun ·same·as nicking.
4. pricking ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of prick.
5. pricking ·noun the act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
6. pricking ·noun the driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
7. pricking ·noun the mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.