prick

prick

noun

Definition of PRICK

1

a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument <the immunization shot left a prick on my arm that turned into a bruise>

Synonyms perforation, pinhole, pinprick, punch, puncture, stab

Related Words gouge, groove, hollow; break, cut, gash, incision, laceration, notch, rent, rip, rupture, slash, slit, tear

2

a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body <she felt a sharp prick when the nurse gave her the shot>

Synonyms ache, pang, prick, shoot, smart, sting, stitch, throe, tingle, twinge

Related Words discomfort, distress, soreness, tenderness; affliction, agony, anguish, misery, sufferance, suffering, torment, torture; inflammation, sore, swelling; damage, detriment, harm, hurt, injury; backache, bellyache, charley horse, colic, complaint, earache, gripe, headache, stomachache, toothache

Near Antonyms comfort, ease, easiness