prick

(prĭk)

1. a. The act of piercing or pricking.
   b. The sensation of being pierced or pricked.
2. a. A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse.
   b. A small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or bee sting.
3. A small mark or puncture made by a pointed object.
4. A pointed object, such as an ice pick, goad, or thorn.
5. A hare's track or footprint.
6. Vulgar Slang A penis.
7. 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.

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.