Prick | Mean of prick in English Dictionary

/ˈprɪk/

• Verb
• to make a very small hole in (something) with a sharp pointed object
1. She pricked her finger with a pin. = The pin pricked her (finger).
2. The nurse pricked my finger and squeezed out a drop of blood.
• to cause a sharp, painful feeling on or in (part of your body)
1. The sharp shells pricked the bottoms of our feet.
• to make (someone) feel guilt, shame, regret, etc.
1. She was pricked by doubt/guilt/jealousy.
2. The photographs of the flood victims pricked my conscience [=made me feel guilty] and I knew I had to do something to help.
3. His conscience pricked him. [=he felt guilty; he felt that he had done something wrong]

• to cause (the ears) to point upward
1. The dog pricked (up) its ears at the sound.
2. The dog's ears pricked up at the sound.
3. Her ears pricked (up) when they said her name. = She pricked up her ears [=she started to listen carefully] when they said her name.
• Noun
• an act of making a small hole in something with a sharp pointed object
1. The nurse gave my finger a (little) prick (with a needle) and squeezed out a drop of blood.
• a feeling of pain caused by being touched by something sharp or pointed
1. She felt a prick as the thorn jabbed her foot.
2. He felt the prick of the needle.
• a slight, sharp feeling of sadness, regret, etc.
1. She felt a prick of jealousy.
2. He felt a prick of conscience. [=a feeling of guilt]
• a very bad or unpleasant man