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pricking en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹɪkɪŋ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. That pricks; pricky
   • pricking pains

Forms

Deriveds

prickingly

pricking en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹɪkɪŋ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
   • The prickings of thorns
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A sensation that pricks, or causes sharp emotional pain.
   • the prickings of conscience
3. (countable, uncountable) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
   • THE pricking a horse has proved to be as useless an operation as it is simple, seldom or never having the desired effect; consequently the practice should be abolished 1841, Richard Mason, The Gentleman's New Pocket Farrier:
4. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A nicking.
   • No better material can be used than seggar or underclay prickings 1906, George Mitcheson Bailes, Modern Mining Practice:
5. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The tracking of a hare by its footprints.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.

Forms

Deriveds

pricking at the belt · pricking-up

pricking en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹɪkɪŋ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of prick
   form of prick