pricking (0 synonym found)

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Definition of pricking:

(n) : The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
(n) : (figurative) A sensation that pricks, or causes sharp emotional pain.
(n) : The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
(n) : The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
(n) : (mining) A nicking.
(n) : (obsolete) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.

Definition of pricking:

(n) : The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
(n) : (figurative) A sensation that pricks, or causes sharp emotional pain.
(n) : The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
(n) : The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
(n) : (mining) A nicking.
(n) : (obsolete) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.

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