"pricking" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹɪkɪŋ/ Forms: prickings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pricking (countable and uncountable, plural prickings)
  1. The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pricking-en-noun-EP4Khmqe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 6 4 4 19 25 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 5 5 7 17 23 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 4 3 4 19 26 3
  2. (figurative) A sensation that pricks,or causes sharp emotional pain. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pricking-en-noun-7tCaMqVs
  3. The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pricking-en-noun-5fyDbVIf
  4. (mining) A nicking. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-pricking-en-noun-tIoxHnMW Topics: business, mining
  5. The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pricking-en-noun-Yk0Njx6O
  6. (obsolete) Dressing oneself for show; prinking. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pricking-en-noun-H-LmjGuV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pricking at the belt, pricking-up

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹɪkɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} pricking
  1. present participle and gerund of prick Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: prick
    Sense id: en-pricking-en-verb-kwTiESgA

Inflected forms

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