What is "prick"

Prick \Prick\, v. i.

1. To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks.

2. To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
   --Milton.

   A gentle knight was pricking on the plain.
   --Spenser.

3. To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.

4. To aim at a point or mark.
   --Hawkins.

Prick \Prick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pricked; p. pr. & vb. n. Pricking.] [AS. prician; akin to LG. pricken, D. prikken, Dan. prikke, Sw. pricka. See Prick, n., and cf. Prink, Prig.]

1. To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper.

2. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.
   --Sir I. Newton.

   The cooks prick it [a slice] on a prong of iron.
   --Sandys.

3. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.

   Some who are pricked for sheriffs.
   --Bacon.

   Let the soldiers for duty be carefully pricked off.
   --Sir W. Scott.

   Those many, then, shall die: their names are pricked.
   --Shak.

4. To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition.
   --Cowper.

5. To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.

   Who pricketh his blind horse over the fallows.
   --Chaucer.

   The season pricketh every gentle heart.
   --Chaucer.

   My duty pricks me on to utter that.
   --Shak.

6. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. ``I was pricked with some reproof.''
   --Tennyson.

   Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart.
   --Acts ii. 3

7. 7. To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged. ``The courser . . . pricks up his ears.''
   --Dryden.

8. To render acid or pungent. [Obs.]
   --Hudibras.

9. To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. [Obs.]

10. (Naut)

    1. To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.

    2. To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.

11. (Far.)

    1. To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.

    2. To nick.

Prick \Prick\, n. [AS. prica, pricca, pricu; akin to LG. prick, pricke, D. prik, Dan. prik, prikke, Sw. prick. Cf. Prick, v.]

1. That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.

   Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary.
   --Shak.

   It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
   --Acts ix. 5.

2. The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse. ``The pricks of conscience.''
   --A. Tucker.

3. A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point. Hence:

   1. A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour. [Obs.] ``The prick of noon.''
      --Shak.

   2. The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin. ``They that shooten nearest the prick.''
      --Spenser.

   3. A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch. [Obs.] ``To prick of highest praise forth to advance.''
      --Spenser.

   4. A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.

   5. The footprint of a hare. [Obs.]

4. (Naut.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.

Old English prician "to prick, pierce, prick out, sting," from West Germanic *prikojan (cognates: Low German pricken, Dutch prikken "to prick"), of uncertain origin. Danish prikke "to mark with dots," Swedish pricka "to point, prick, mark with dots" probably are from Low German. Related: Pricked; pricking. To prick up one's ears is 1580s, originally of animals with pointed ears (prycke-eared, of foxes, is from 1520s).

Middle English prikke, from Old English prica (n.) "point, puncture; particle, small portion of space or time," common Proto-Germanic (compare Low German prik "point," Middle Dutch prick, Dutch prik, Swedish prick "point, dot"). Meaning "pointed weapon, dagger" is first attested 1550s.\n

\nEarliest recorded use for "penis" is 1590s (Shakespeare puns upon it). My prick was used 16c.-17c. as a term of endearment by "immodest maids" for their boyfriends. As a term of abuse, it is attested by 1929. Prick-teaser attested from 1958. The use in kick against the pricks (Acts ix:5, first in the translation of 1382) probably is from sense of "a goad for oxen" (mid-14c.), which made it a plausible translation of Latin stimulus; advorsum stimulum calces was proverbial in Latin.

Etymology 1 n. 1 A small hole or perforation, caused by pierce. (from 10th c.) 2 An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. (from 10th c.) 3 (context obsolete English) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point. (10th-18th c.) 4 (context obsolete English) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot. (10th-18th c.) 5 A small pointed object. (from 10th c.) 6 The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object. (from 13th c.) 7 (context slang vulgar English) The penis. (from 16th c.) 8 (context slang pejorative English) Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying. (from 16th c.) 9 (context now historical English) A small roll of yarn or tobacco. (from 17th c.) 10 The footprint of a hare. 11 (context obsolete English) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour. 12 (context obsolete English) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin. Etymology 2

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To pierce or puncture slightly. (from 11th c.) 2 (context transitive English) To form by piercing or puncturing. 3 (context intransitive dated English) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture. 4 (context transitive English) To incite, stimulate, goad. (from 13th c.) 5 To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. 6 (context intransitive archaic English) To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly. (from 14th c.) 7 (context transitive chiefly nautical English) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart). (from 16th c.) 8 (context nautical obsolete English) To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail. (The Universal Dictionary of the English Language, 1896) 9 (context transitive English) To make acidic or pungent. 10 (context intransitive English) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine. 11 To aim at a point or mark. 12 To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing. 13 (context obsolete English) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark. 14 To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by ''up''. 15 (context obsolete English) To dress; to prink; usually with ''up''. 16 (context farriery English) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.

1. v. make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample" [syn: prickle]

2. cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [syn: sting, twinge]

3. raise; "The dog pricked up his ears" [syn: prick up, cock up]

4. prod or urge as if with a log stick [syn: goad]

5. cause a prickling sensation [syn: prickle]

6. to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience"

7. deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" [syn: sting, bite]

1. n. insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous [syn: asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB]

2. a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: incision, scratch, slit, dent]

3. obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz]

4. the act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the balloon a small prick" [syn: pricking]

Prick may refer to:

• Prick (manufacturing), a style of marking tool
• Goad or prick, a traditional farming implement
• Fingerprick, a wound for blood sample
• Human penis or prick (vulgar slang)

Prick is the sixth studio album by the Melvins, which was released in 1994 through Amphetamine Reptile Records. Because at the time the Melvins already had a contract with Atlantic, Prick was released with the band name in mirror writing. The album displays a distinctly experimental quality; Buzz Osborne has stated that Prick is "a total noise crap record we did strictly for the weirdness factor. Complete and utter nonsense, a total joke." The band wanted to call the album Kurt Kobain but changed it after Cobain's death to eliminate the possibility of people mistaking it for a tribute record. They implied that Cobain was actually the titular "prick", because he died and therefore forced them to change the album's name.

Prick is an American industrial rock band, founded in 1992 in Los Angeles by guitarist and songwriter Kevin McMahon, after his first project Lucky Pierre disbanded. The first line-up of the band featured McMahon on vocals and guitar, Chris Schleyer on guitar and Andy Kubiszewski on drums. The band was known for its glam rock and new wave influences.

Prick magazine is a free monthly tabloid-sized magazine, published in Atlanta, Georgia, on the tattoo and piercing industry. It also has sections on music, movies, books and other products relevant to the tattoo and piercing world.

Prick is the eponymous debut album by American industrial rock band, Prick, fronted by Kevin McMahon. It was released on January 25, 1995 via Nothing Records, Nine Inch Nails founder Trent Reznor's vanity label and a subdivision of Interscope Records. The album was produced by Warne Livesey and Reznor, who also engineered on four tracks.

The album sold 66,000 copies. The tracks "Communiqué"/"Crack" and "Animal" were released as singles. "Animal" became a minor alternative radio hit and was accompanied by a music video. A follow-up album, The Wreckard, was released independently in 2002 after it was rejected by Interscope Records due to creative differences and the band was unsigned from the label.