pricked

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pricked

/pɹɪkt/

Rhymes with -ɪkt

adjective

Punctured by small holes. The room was quite dark. The oblong window showed the night sky pricked here and there with stars.
figuratively, of ears Listening carefully. Make sure to keep your ears pricked and your eyes peeled.

Similar: pierced, punctured

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of prick

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adjective

Similar: pierced, punctured

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"pricked." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pricked. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"pricked." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pricked.

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@misc{pricked_2026,
  title = {pricked},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pricked},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}