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pricked

/pɹɪkt/

adjective

Punctured by small holes.

“Make sure to keep your ears pricked and your eyes peeled.”

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pierced punctured

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Meanings

adjective

Punctured by small holes.
The room was quite dark. The oblong window showed the night sky pricked here and there with stars.
1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 19
figurativelyListening carefully.
Make sure to keep your ears pricked and your eyes peeled.

verb

participlepastsimple past and past participle of prick

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar

pierced punctured

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pricked

conflict picked strict wicked predict restrict kicked addict depict licked convict Pict inflict edict evict afflict nicked constrict bricked abstrict chicked invict

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APA

pricked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pricked

MLA

“pricked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pricked. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pricked,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pricked.

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