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Another word for prick

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Noun

  1. A sensation of physical discomfort occurring as the result of disease or injury

    See also:

    pain

  2. A small mark or hole made by a sharp, pointed object

    See also:

    open

    marks

  3. A sharp, pointed object

    See also:

    sharp

Verb

  1. To stir to action or feeling

    See also:

    excite

    cause

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Another word for prick

Noun
  1. See also:

    cut

Verb
  1. See also:

    hurt

    cut

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Sentence Examples

  • He felt nothing, seated beside his dead mother, except the prick of anger.

  • That's the kind of prick he is.

  • cut, prick, cut tinginstrument z:~(?)~ ~ 0 ~

  • Sow petunias in heat, and prick out and harden for bedding out; also gloxinias to be grown on in heat till the flowering season.

  • It is possible to tap or prick trees daily for a number of years without apparent injury, but the practice of tapping on alternate days appears to be safer and to afford equally satisfactory if not better results.

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