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  1. noun The act of piercing or pricking.
  2. noun The sensation of being pierced or pricked.
  3. noun A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse.
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  • Below the villa on the south side of the slope is a stable, but Lorn guides the chestnut more to the north, where he finds a slender sapling beside the road. —  Scion of Cyador
  • 'Reserve girls never play-we all know that-but you'll have some fun, anyway!' —  Summer Term At St Clare's
  • The kid in the picture was so clean she squeaked; where was the sticky popsicle residue on her face and hands, the dirt-smudges on her knees? —  Werehunter
  • Mam'zelle gave her French lesson alter break. —  Summer Term At St Clare's
  • And so it went. —  Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
 

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stab ·  bastard ·  jab ·  sonofabitch ·  scratch ·  jerk ·  asshole ·  flicker ·  nip ·  sting ·  throb ·  twitch
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English prica, puncture.

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  1. from Middle English prik, pryk, prikke, prike, preke, a point, a sting, from Anglo-Saxon prica, pricu, a sharp point, usually a minute mark, point, dot, a very small portion, prick, = Middle Dutch prick, Dutch prik, a prick, puncture, = Middle Low German pricke, Low German prik, a point, prick, spear, prickle, = German pricke, prick = Icelandic prik = Danish prik = Swedish prick, a prick, dot, mark (cf. deriv. (partly diminutive) prickle); perhaps akin (with loss of orig. initial s) to Irish sprichar, a sting, Sanskrit prishant, speckled, also a dot, and so to English sprinkle: see sprinkle. The Old Spanish priego, Portuguese prego, a nail, are from the Teutonic
  2. from Middle English pricken, prikken, prykien (preterit prikkede, pryghte), from Anglo-Saxon prician, priccan = Dutch prikken = Middle Low German pricken, Low German pricken, prikken, preken = German pricken = Icelandic prika = Danish prikke = Swedish pricka (cf. Dutch prikkelen = Low German prickeln, prikkeln, prökeln = German prickeln), prick; from the noun.
 

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