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prick /ˈprɪk/  

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  • verb
    pricks; pricked; pricking
    [+ obj] :to make a very small hole in (something) with a sharp pointed object
    She pricked her finger with a pin. = The pin pricked her (finger).
    The nurse pricked my finger and squeezed out a drop of blood.
    [+ obj] :to cause a sharp, painful feeling on or in (part of your body)
    The sharp shells pricked the bottoms of our feet.
    b literary
    If tears prick your eyes, you begin to feel tears in your eyes.
    [+ obj] :to make (someone) feel guilt, shame, regret, etc.
    She was pricked by doubt/guilt/jealousy.
    The photographs of the flood victims pricked my conscience [=made me feel guilty] and I knew I had to do something to help.
    His conscience pricked him. [=he felt guilty; he felt that he had done something wrong]
    of an animal :to cause (the ears) to point upward [+ obj]
    The dog pricked (up) its ears at the sound. [no obj]
    The dog's ears pricked up at the sound. - used figuratively of people
    Her ears pricked (up) when they said her name. = She pricked up her ears [=she started to listen carefully] when they said her name.
    noun
    plural pricks
    [count] an act of making a small hole in something with a sharp pointed object
    The nurse gave my finger a (little) prick (with a needle) and squeezed out a drop of blood.
    a feeling of pain caused by being touched by something sharp or pointed
    She felt a prick as the thorn jabbed her foot.
    He felt the prick of the needle.
    a slight, sharp feeling of sadness, regret, etc.
    She felt a prick of jealousy.
    He felt a prick of conscience. [=a feeling of guilt]
    informal + offensive :penis
    informal + offensive :a very bad or unpleasant man

    * Các từ tương tự:
    prickle, prickly, prickly heat, prickly pear