pricked

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪkt/
• Rhymes: -ɪkt

Adjective

pricked

1. Punctured by small holes.
   • 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 19:

     The room was quite dark. The oblong window showed the night sky pricked here and there with stars.

2. (figuratively, of ears) Listening carefully.

   Make sure to keep your ears pricked and your eyes peeled.

Synonyms

• pierced, punctured

Derived terms

• pin-pricked
• unpricked
• uppricked

Related terms

• prick up one's ears

Verb

pricked

1. simple past and past participle of prick

Anagrams

• Pedrick