Pricking

Verb

Definitionen

1.Verbpresent participle and gerund of prick

2.NounThe act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.

"The prickings of thorns"

3.NounA sensation that pricks, or causes sharp emotional pain.

"the prickings of conscience"

4.NounThe driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.

5.NounA nicking.

6.NounThe act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.

7.NounDressing oneself for show; prinking.

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