Prick Definition
- To listen with attentive interest.
- to transplant (seedlings) as from seed pans to shallow boxes
- to raise the ears with the points upward
- to listen closely
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Prick
Origin of Prick
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From Middle English prik, prikke, from Old English prica, pricu (“a sharp point, minute mark, spot, dot, small portion, prick"), from Proto-Germanic *prik- (“a prick, point"). Cognate with West Frisian prik (“small hole"), Dutch prik (“point, small stick"), Danish prik (“dot"), Icelandic prik (“dot, small stick"). Pejorative context came from prickers, or witch-hunters.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English prikken, from Old English prician (“to prick"), from Proto-Germanic *prik- (“to pierce, prick"). Cognate with English dialectal pritch, Dutch prikken (“to prick, sting"), Middle High German pfrecken (“to prick"), Swedish pricka (“to dot, prick").
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English prica puncture
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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