As the boat sailed on westwards, the captain looked back at how far they had come, and felt a tear prick the corner of his eye.
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Prick
/pɹɪk/
Synonyms for "prick" (355 found)
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Closest matches (71)
Strong matches (107)
discolordiscolorationdissuadedistressdogdotdrilldrivedroveearmarkegg onempierceengraveengravingenterexciteexcruciateexhortfesterfix
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Related words (177)
oxgoadpainpangparoxysmpatchpencilpenetratepepperperforateperforationpiercepinchpinholepinkpinprickpiquepointpokepolka dotprickle
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printprodprolong the agonypromptpropelpukepunchpunch cattlepunctuatepunctureput to torturerackrankleraspratreamream outriddleride herd onround uprowelrubrun throughscarscarificationscarifyscorescotchscratchscratchingscumsealseamseizuresharp painshepherdshitshitheadshootshootingshooting painsicsignalskewerskunkslashslitsmartsnakesnotspasmspearspeckspecklespikespitsplashsplotchspotspurstabstabbing painstainstampstickstigmastigmatizestimulatestingstinkerstitchstrawberry markstreakstriatestripetaptattootattoo markthrillthroesticktick offtingletiptittletoadtormentormenttorturetracetransfixtranspiercetrepantrephineturdtweaktwingetwisttwist the knifetwitchunderlineunderscoreurgewatermarkwhipwhiplashwoundwranglewrenchwring
Noun(37 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
40 entriesShowing 16 of 40 words.
More specific
14 entriesCollocations
11 entriesneedle prickpinprickprick of painprick testprickerpricklinesspricklingpricklysharp pricksmall prickthorn prick
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
11 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 19 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- ngul verb (to pierce)
- shpoj verb (to pierce)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κεντέω verb (to pierce)
Arabic
1 entries- قْرص verb (to pierce)
Bulgarian
2 entries- пробивам verb (to pierce)
- убождам verb (to pierce)
Dutch
1 entries- prikken verb (to pierce)
Esperanto
1 entries- piki verb (to pierce)
Finnish
1 entries- pistää verb (to pierce)
French
1 entries- piquer verb (to pierce)
Galician
1 entries- picar verb (to pierce)
German
1 entries- stechen verb (to pierce)
Latin
1 entries- pungō verb (to pierce)
Māori
1 entries- oka verb (to pierce)
Quechua
2 entries- kichkay verb (to pierce)
- t'uksiy verb (to pierce)
Romanian
4 entries- ciupi verb (to pierce)
- pișca verb (to pierce)
- împunge verb (to pierce)
- înțepa verb (to pierce)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- stob verb (to pierce)
Spanish
4 entries- empuyar (disused) verb (to pierce)
- espichar verb (to pierce)
- pinchar verb (to pierce)
- pungir verb (to pierce)
Thai
1 entries- ทิ่ม verb (to pierce)
Walloon
1 entries- piker verb (to pierce)
Zyphe
1 entries- dong verb (to pierce)
Sample sentences
45 total sentences available.
What a prick!
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He's a real prick.
Source: tatoeba (2650139)
It's alright. This injection won't hurt. It will just prick a little.
Source: tatoeba (2698847)
Showing 4 of 45 available sentences.