Synonyms for prick
prɪkprick

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1. asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOBnoun

   insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

   Synonyms:
   darn, putz, pricking, shaft, hoot, peter, dogshit, tool, diddley, mongrel, shortness of breath, incision, love child, cocksucker, breathlessness, bunghole, illegitimate, dickhead, squat, illegitimate child, diddlyshit, jack, doodly-squat, bullshit, pecker, diddly-shit, shit, bastard, son of a bitch, crap, tinker's damn, damn, dick, shite, bull, horseshit, turd, dirt, asshole, diddly, by-blow, diddly-squat, tinker's dam, diddlysquat, shucks, arse, cock, red cent, sobbing, slit, dump, arsehole, whoreson, poop, dent, scratch

2. incision, scratch, prick, slit, dentnoun

   a depression scratched or carved into a surface

   Synonyms:
   lolly, start, pricking, clams, cacography, scrawl, starting line, cabbage, wampum, tool, lucre, cunt, boodle, peter, scratch, mark, incision, gelt, section, gouge, snatch, scratch line, scratching, pecker, cock, nick, bread, scraping, slit, dick, lettuce, surgical incision, pussy, shit, loot, bastard, sugar, son of a bitch, dough, simoleons, abrasion, pelf, asshole, dickhead, chicken feed, ding, dinero, puss, kale, cocksucker, scrape, putz, excoriation, scar, shaft, twat, scribble, whoreson, dent, shekels, moolah

3. cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putznoun

   obscene terms for penis

   Synonyms:
   beam, pricking, shaft, peter, pecker, dig, turncock, light beam, puppet, gumshoe, incision, neb, cocksucker, dickhead, cock, rotating shaft, quill, shaft of light, slit, dick, barb, ray of light, shit, beak, bastard, hawkshaw, scape, slam, son of a bitch, instrument, diaphysis, bill, scratch, calamus, tool, lance, peckerwood, stopcock, asshole, spear, rooster, gibe, hammer, beam of light, creature, putz, jibe, irradiation, woodpecker, whoreson, dent, nib, ray, shot

4. prick, prickingverb

   the act of puncturing with a small point

   "he gave the balloon a small prick"

   Synonyms:
   bastard, shaft, cocksucker, shit, dickhead, dent, tool, peter, incision, asshole, whoreson, scratch, pricking, dick, putz, slit, son of a bitch, pecker, cock

5. prickle, prickverb

   make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn

   "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample"

   Synonyms:
   sting, tingle, goad, prickle, twinge, prick up, bite, cock up

6. prick, sting, twingeverb

   cause a stinging pain

   "The needle pricked his skin"

   Synonyms:
   sting, squeeze, twitch, goad, pinch, burn, tweet, prickle, stick, twinge, prick up, bite, cock up

7. prick up, prick, cock upverb

   raise

   "The dog pricked up his ears"

   Synonyms:
   sting, goad, prickle, twinge, prick up, bite, cock up

8. goad, prickverb

   stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick

   Synonyms:
   sting, goad, prick up, prickle, needle, twinge, spur, bite, cock up

9. prickle, prickverb

   cause a prickling sensation

   Synonyms:
   sting, tingle, goad, prickle, twinge, prick up, bite, cock up

10. prickverb

    to cause a sharp emotional pain

    "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience"

    Synonyms:
    prick up, twinge, prickle, goad, sting, bite, cock up

11. sting, bite, prickverb

    deliver a sting to

    "A bee stung my arm yesterday"

    Synonyms:
    sting, seize with teeth, goad, stick, burn, prickle, twinge, prick up, bite, cock up

Matched Categories

1. • Depression
   • Hurt
   • Penis
   • Provoke
   • Rear
   • Stab
   • Sting
   • Unpleasant Person

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prickverb

   Synonyms:
   pierce (with a small hole), perforate, puncture

2. prickverb

   Synonyms:
   spur, goad, incite, impel, urge, rouse, arouse, stimulate, drive

3. prickverb

   Synonyms:
   sting, wound, pain, hurt

4. prickverb

   Synonyms:
   spur, ride, gallop, hasten

5. pricknoun

   Synonyms:
   goad, point

6. pricknoun

   Synonyms:
   puncture

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pricknoun

   Synonyms:
   goad, spur, gad, sting, compunction, qualm, puncture

2. prickverb

   Synonyms:
   puncture, pierce, perforate, goad, spur, incite, sting, wound, hurt

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1. List of paraphrases for "prick":

   asshole, dick, cock, motherfucker, bastard, fucker, jerk, scumbag, tail, cocksucker, shithead, moron, dipshit, jackass, arsehole, pecker

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1. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 2:

   If Love be rough with you, be rough with Love, prick Love for pricking, and you beat Love down.

2. Thomas Schinecker:

   If you take blood from a finger prick, you will never be able to achieve the same level of specificity that you will achieve ... when you take blood from the vein, you have to have very, very high specificity. Even 0.1% or 0.2% makes a difference.

3. Judge Martin Rudland:

   Telling a women beater who is clearly a control freak, binge drink and drug taker who by the way probably drives his car whilst intoxicated there's plenty more fish in the sea I would touch this prick with a blunt barge pole if I was shark shit!!!! Yes this is a sarcastic comment as its definately not a great comment by this so called Judge.

4. Elizabeth Barrett Browning:

   The works of women are symbolical. We sew, sew, prick our fingers, dull our sight, producing what? A pair of slippers, sir, to put on when you're weary -- or a stool. To stumble over and vex you... curse that stool! Or else at best, a cushion, where you lean and sleep, and dream of something we are not, but would be for your sake. Alas, alas! This hurts most, this... that, after all, we are paid the worth of our work, perhaps.

5. Luke Nuttall:

   With every alert comes a finger prick. We confirm it, too.