prick

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 2 Swedish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Usage notes 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.2.3 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /prɪk/, SAMPA: /prIk/

  Rhymes: -ɪk

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English pryk, prik, prikke from Old English prica

[edit] Noun

prick (plural pricks)

1. The feeling of being pierced or punctured by an object with a fine point such as a pin or small nail.
2. A small pointed object.
3. A sharp feeling of remorse. (Acts ii. 37.)
4. (nautical, obsolete) [ca. 1740-1850] Small roll of yarn or tobacco.
5. (slang, vulgar, chiefly US) A penis.
6. (US, British, slang, pejorative) A man or boy; usually unpleasant and rude.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• pricker
• prickle
• prickly
• pricktease
• prickteaser

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English prikken, from Old English prician

[edit] Verb

to prick (third-person singular simple present pricks, present participle pricking, simple past and past participle pricked)

1. (transitive) To pierce or puncture.

   John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood at his physical.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To urge, to spur, to goad, to incite.

   My duty pricks me on to utter that. Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona, ii. 7.

3. (nautical, obsolete) To trace a ship’s course on a chart.
4. (nautical, obsolete) To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail. (The Universal Dictionary of the English Language, 1896)

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for prick	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	prick	pricken	prickar	prickarna
Possessive form	pricks	prickens	prickars	prickarnas

prick c.

1. dot, small spot

   Sista bokstaven i det svenska alfabetet är "ö", det vill säga ett "o" med två prickar över.

   The last letter in the Swedish alphabet is "ö", that is, an "o" with two dots over it.

2. guy, person; especially about a particularly nice or funny one

   Det var en riktigt trevlig prick, det där.

   That was a really nice guy, that.

[edit] Usage notes

In the sense of "person", it is mainly used in conjunction with the adjectives rolig (funny) or trevlig (nice).

[edit] Derived terms

• mitt i prick - right on the spot

[edit] Related terms

• pricka