Reverse Dictionary: PRICK

ADJECTIVES
► PUNCTIOUS of a sensation: characterized by pricking or prickling → 1668 obs.
► PUNCTORIOUS of pain: characterized by pricking or prickling → 1675 obs.
► PUNCTORY of pain: characterized by pricking or prickling → 1661 obs.
► PUNGITIVE that pricks or stings; sharp to the senses → a1425 obs.

NOUNS
► JAG a prick or tear made by a sharp instrument, thorn, etc. → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LAUNCH the act of lancing; a prick → 1558 obs.
► PUNCTION 1. a puncturing or pricking; a prick, a puncture → a1425 obs.
2. a pricking or prickling sensation → 1596 obs.
► PUNCTURE a pricking sensation or pain; a twinge, a stab of pain, desire, etc. → 1425 obs.
► PUNZIE a prick, a stab → 1827 Sc. obs.

VERBS
► ACUPUNCTUATE to prick with a needle or pin → 1865
► DAKE to prick with anything sharp; to poke with the finger → 1885 Eng. dial.
► JAG to prick or pierce with some sharp instrument; to throb or prick painfully → 1706 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PICK to prick; to pierce → 1890 Amer. dial.
► PUNCT to prick, to pierce → 1548 obs.
► PUNGE to prick, to pierce → 1570 obs.
► PUNYE to prick, to pierce → 1488 Sc. obs.
► TANG to pierce, to prick → a1400 obs.
► TO-STICK to prick all over → c1315 obs.