Meaning of Pricking | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
   countable, uncountable
2. A sensation that pricks, or causes sharp emotional pain.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
3. The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
   countable, uncountable
4. A nicking.
   countable, uncountable
5. The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
   countable, uncountable
6. Dressing oneself for show; prinking.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The prickings of thorns”

“the prickings of conscience”

“THE pricking a horse has proved to be as useless an operation as it is simple, seldom or never having the desired effect; consequently the practice should be abolished”

“No better material can be used than seggar or underclay prickings”

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