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Pricked

//pɹɪkt// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Punctured by small holes.

    "The room was quite dark. The oblong window showed the night sky pricked here and there with stars."

  2. 2
    Listening carefully. figuratively

    "Make sure to keep your ears pricked and your eyes peeled."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of prick form-of, participle, past

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