Clues for the word "PRICK"
We've had 25 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 26 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on July 05, 2017.
Definition of prick
- v. - That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.
- v. - The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse.
- v. - A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point.
- v. - A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
- v. - The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
- v. - A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.
- v. - A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.
- v. - The footprint of a hare.
- v. - A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.
- n. - To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper.
- n. - To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.
- n. - To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
- n. - To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition.
- n. - To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.
- n. - To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- n. - To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged.
- n. - To render acid or pungent.
- n. - To dress; to prink; -- usually with up.
- n. - To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.
- n. - To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.
- n. - To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- n. - To nick.
- v. i. - To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks.
- v. i. - To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
- v. i. - To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- v. i. - To aim at a point or mark.
Referring Clues
- Puncture
- Small wound
- Poke with a pin
- Make erect, with "up"
- Blood test feature
- Needle mark
- Perform acupuncture on
- Thorn mishap
- Balloon's undoing
- Puncture with a pin
- Pierce lightly
- Sewing injury
- Thorn wound
- Obnoxious guy
- Draw blood, perhaps
- Best clothes primarily ruined - pink
- Stab with a needle
- Touch with a needle
- Stab pin, but not in haystack!
- Sting providing strain on piano
- Smart choice crossing river
- Puncture from a thorn
- Maleficent verb in "Sleeping Beauty"
- Stick with a pin
- Pierce slightly
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - July 05, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - January 17, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - March 31, 2016
- LA Times - March 31, 2015
- New York Times - June 18, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 02, 2012
- Universal - August 16, 2012
- Netword - April 29, 2012
- Guardian Everyman - February 26, 2012
- Universal - June 18, 2010
- LA Times - March 12, 2010
- Jonesin - February 23, 2010
- LA Times - July 03, 2009
- Guardian Quick - March 06, 2009
- New York Sun - September 19, 2008
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 28, 2007
- Jonesin - September 11, 2007
- Washington Post - March 26, 2006
- Guardian Quick - January 28, 2006
- Guardian Cryptic - October 27, 2005
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 26, 2004
- New York Times - February 11, 2002
- Guardian Cryptic - November 21, 2000
- Washington Post - October 19, 2000
- New York Times - February 20, 1999
- New York Times - December 17, 1997