Pricking Synonyms

prikiŋ
Cause a prickling sensation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. prickling
Stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. goading
Make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. prickling
The act of puncturing with a small point
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. prick

Pricking Sentence Examples

  • The borzois jumped up, jerking the rings of the leashes and pricking their ears.

  • The pricking out of seedlings in pots in the propagating pit is effected in a similar way.

  • This reminds me that Dr. Hale used to give a personal touch to his letters to me by pricking his signature in braille.

  • If this is done the soil will be fit for working in spring, and a pricking over with the fork will reduce it to a fine tilth, and will admit of the bulbs being planted promptly.

  • The kinds of stimuli that cause a pain response on the skin include pricking, cutting, crushing, burning, and freezing.

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