Definition of PRICK.

Definition of PRICK


My duty pricks me on to utter that. Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona, ii. 7.


Vulgar Slang. A penis.
Vulgar Slang. A person regarded as highly unpleasant, especially a male.



1. To puncture lightly.
2. To affect with a mental or emotional pang, as of sorrow or remorse: His conscience began to prick him.
3. To impel as if with a spur; urge on.
4. To mark or delineate on a surface by means of small punctures: prick a pattern on a board.
5. To pierce the quick of (a horse's hoof) while shoeing.
6. To transplant (seedlings, for example) before final planting.
7. To cause to stand erect or point upward: The dogs pricked their ears.
v.intr.
1. To pierce or puncture something or cause a pricking feeling.
2. To feel a pang or twinge from or as if from being pricked.
3.
a. To spur a horse on.
b. To ride at a gallop.
4. To stand erect; point upward: The dog's ears pricked at the noise.