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Noun prick has 4 senses
  1. asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB - insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
    --1 is a kind of unpleasant person, disagreeable person
  2. incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent - a depression scratched or carved into a surface
    --2 is a kind of depression, impression, imprint
    --2 has particulars: score, scotch
    Derived form: verb prick1
  3. cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz - obscene terms for penis
    --3 is a kind of penis, phallus, member
  4. prick, pricking - the act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the balloon a small prick"
    --4 is a kind of puncture
    Derived form: verb prick1
,Verb prick has 7 senses
  1. prickle, prick - make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample"
    --1 is one way to pierce
    Derived forms: noun pricker1, noun pricker2, noun prick4, noun prick2, noun pricking1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. prick, sting, twinge - cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"
    --2 is one way to hurt, ache, suffer
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. prick up, prick, cock up - raise; "The dog pricked up his ears"
    --3 is one way to rear, erect
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. goad, prick - prod or urge as if with a log stick
    --4 is one way to stab, jab
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  5. prickle, prick - cause a prickling sensation
    --5 is one way to prick, sting, twinge
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody's (body part) ----s
  6. prick - to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience"
    --6 is one way to     arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  7. sting, bite, prick - deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
    --7 is one way to pierce
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
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