Definitions
Pricking - as a noun
The act of puncturing with a small point
Example: "He gave the balloon a small prick"
Pricking - as a verb
To pierce or puncture slightly.
Example: "John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood."
To form by piercing or puncturing.
Example: "To prick a pattern for embroidery"
To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
Example: "To prick a knife into a board"
To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
Example: "A sore finger pricks."
To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
Example: "The dog's ears pricked up at the sound of a whistle."
Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
To incite, stimulate, goad.
To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
To make acidic or pungent.
To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
To aim at a point or mark.
Usually as prick up: to dress or adorn; to prink.
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Word Game Points
PRICKING has a SCRABBLE points total of 17.
PRICKING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 21.
PRICKING has a WORDFEUD points total of 20.