that which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.-the act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse.-a mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point.-a point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.-the point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.-a mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.-a mathematical point; -- regularly used in old english translations of euclid.-the footprint of a hare.-a small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.-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.-to fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.-to mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.-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.-to ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.-to affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.-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.-to render acid or pungent.-to dress; to prink; -- usually with up.-to run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.-to trace on a chart, as a ship's course.-to drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.-to nick.-to be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks.-to spur onward; to ride on horseback.-to become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.-to aim at a point or mark.