PRICKS
/pɹɪks/
14
Scrabble
16
WWF
P(3) R(1) I(1) C(3) K(5) S(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/pɹɪks/
noun
- A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
- An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
- A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
- A small pointed object.
verb
- To pierce or puncture slightly.“John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood.”
- To form by piercing or puncturing.“to prick a pattern for embroidery”
- To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
- To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
Source: Wiktionary
