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prick
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??k/, [p?????k]
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English prik, prikke, from Old English prica, pricu (“a sharp point, minute mark, spot, dot, small portion, prick”), from Proto-Germanic *prikô, *prik? (“a prick, point”), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *brey?- (“to scrape, scratch, rub, prickle, chap”). Cognate with West Frisian prik (“small hole”), Dutch prik (“point, small stick”), Danish prik (“dot”), Icelandic prik (“dot, small stick”). Pejorative context came from prickers, or witch-hunters.
Noun
prick (plural pricks)
- A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. [from 10th c.]
- An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. [from 10th c.]
- (obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point. [10th-18th c.]
- (obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot. [10th-18th c.]
- A small pointed object. [from 10th c.]
- The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object. [from 13th c.]
- A feeling of remorse.
- 1768–1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued
- the pricks of conscience
- 1768–1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued
- (slang, vulgar) The penis. [from 16th c.]
- (Britain, Australia, US, slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying. [from 16th c.]
- (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco. [from 17th c.]
- The footprint of a hare.
- (obsolete) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
- (obsolete) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
- 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender, "September"
- they that shooten nearest the prick
- 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender, "September"
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English prikken, from Old English prician, priccan (“to prick”), from Proto-Germanic *prik?n?, *prikjan? (“to pierce, prick”), of uncertain origin; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *brey?- (“to scrape, scratch, rub, prickle, chap”). Cognate with dialectal English pritch, Dutch prikken (“to prick, sting”), Middle High German pfrecken (“to prick”), Swedish pricka (“to dot, prick”), and possibly to Lithuanian ?br?žti (“to scrape, scratch, carve, inscribe, strike”).
Verb
prick (third-person singular simple present pricks, present participle pricking, simple past and past participle pricked)
- (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly. [from 11th c.]
- (farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowper to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
- c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
- Some who are pricked for sheriffs.
- c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
- (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart). [from 16th c.]
- (nautical, obsolete) To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
- To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
- 1615, George Sandys, The Relation of a Journey begun an. Dom. 1610, in four books
- The cooks [...]prick it [a slice] on a prog of iron.
- 1615, George Sandys, The Relation of a Journey begun an. Dom. 1610, in four books
- (intransitive, dated) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
- 17th century (probably 1606), William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV, scene 1:
- By the pricking of my thumbs, / Something wicked this way comes.
- 17th century (probably 1606), William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV, scene 1:
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
- The courser [...] pricks up his ears.
- (horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
- (transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad. [from 13th c.]
- (intransitive, archaic) To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly. [from 14th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- At last, as through an open plaine they yode,
They spide a knight that towards them pricked fayre [...].
- At last, as through an open plaine they yode,
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II, lines 527 to 538.
- 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
- Indeed, it is a memorable subject for consideration, with what unconcern and gaiety mankind pricks on along the Valley of the Shadow of Death.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Geraint and Enid
- I was pricked with some reproof.
- (transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
- (intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- To aim at a point or mark.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Hawkins to this entry?)
- (obsolete, usually as prick up) to dress or adorn; to prink.
Translations
Swedish
Pronunciation
Adverb
prick
- exactly, sharp, on the spot
Noun
prick c
- a dot, small spot
- a remark, a stain (in a record of good behaviour)
- a guy, person; especially about a particularly nice or funny one
- a floating seamark in the form of a painted pole, possibly with cones, lights and reflectors
Usage notes
(guy, person): Mainly used in conjunction with the adjectives rolig (“funny”) or trevlig (“nice”), but also ruskig (“eerie, scary”).
Declension
Related terms
- pricka
- prickig
Derived terms
References
- prick in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
prick From the web:
propel
English
Etymology
Historically (late Middle English) meant "expel, drive out". Borrowed from Latin propell?, from pro- (“forward”) and pell? (“I push, I move”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /p???p?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Verb
propel (third-person singular simple present propels, present participle propelling, simple past and past participle propelled)
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action, to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
- When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
- (transitive, figuratively) To provide an impetus for non-physical change, to make to arrive to a certain situation or result.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 265e.
- I can discern your nature and see that even without any arguments (logoi) from me it will propel you to what you say you are drawn towards,
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 265e.
Synonyms
- (either): drive, push
Antonyms
- (either): stay, halt, stop
- (cause to move): rest
Derived terms
- propeller
Related terms
- propulsion
Translations
Anagrams
- lopper
Danish
Alternative forms
- (rare) propeller
Etymology
From English propeller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prop?l/, [p???o?p?l?]
Noun
propel c (singular definite propellen, plural indefinite propeller)
- propeller (mechanical device used to propel)
Inflection
See also
- propel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
propel From the web:
- what propels sperm forward
- what propels a rocket
- what propeller came on my boat
- what propels light
- what propeller do i need
- what propels a rocket upward
- what propels a helicopter forward
- what propels the space station
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