"prick up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: pricks up [present, singular, third-person], pricking up [participle, present], pricked up [participle, past], pricked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} prick up (third-person singular simple present pricks up, present participle pricking up, simple past and past participle pricked up)
  1. (intransitive, of ears) To rise and become more alert. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Hearing Synonyms: prick
    Sense id: en-prick_up-en-verb-zAaoWKGY Disambiguation of Hearing: 32 38 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 18 35 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 54 17 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 29 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 15 19
  2. (transitive) To raise (one's ears). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Hearing Synonyms: prick
    Sense id: en-prick_up-en-verb-oxJrl7vi Disambiguation of Hearing: 32 38 30
  3. (plastering) To apply an undercoat of plaster in order to create a smooth surface for the final coat. Categories (topical): Hearing
    Sense id: en-prick_up-en-verb-zZJBGGcG Disambiguation of Hearing: 32 38 30
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        "(intransitive, of ears) To rise and become more alert."
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        "To raise (one's ears)."
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        "(transitive) To raise (one's ears)."
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          "ref": "1849, William Hosking, Healthy Homes:",
          "text": "Either the rubble-wall builder, be he bricklayer or mason, must acquire much of the skill of the plasterer, or the plasterer must learn to pack up brick or stone rubble into the form of a wall, and to give more effect to the mortar with which he plasters, than when he pricks up against a lathed partition or ceiling, or renders the face of a brick wall;",
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          "ref": "2015, W Verrall, The Modern Plasterer, →ISBN, page 322:",
          "text": "If a lime plaster finish is required for covering lath work, it will be necessary to prick up the first coat with 3 parts of sand to 1 of lime, and to every 3 cubic feet of the mixture 1 lb. of well-beaten hair is added.",
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          "text": "If the walls are rough or uneven, they should be first pricked up, and then floated.",
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