Associations to the word «Pricking»

Wiktionary

PRICKING, verb. Present participle of prick
PRICKING, noun. The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
PRICKING, noun. A sensation that pricks.
PRICKING, noun. The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
PRICKING, noun. (mining) A nicking.
PRICKING, noun. The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.
PRICKING, noun. The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
PRICKING, noun. (obsolete) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.

Dictionary definition

PRICKING, noun. The act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the balloon a small prick".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne