“pricks” is a form of
prick
/pɹɪk/ noun, verb
- noun A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
- noun An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- noun (obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
- noun (obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
- noun A small pointed object.
- noun The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object. “I felt a sharp prick as the nurse took a sample of blood.”
- noun A feeling of remorse.
- noun (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- verb (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly. “John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood.”
- verb (farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- verb (transitive, hunting) To shoot without killing.
- verb (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing. “to prick holes in paper”
- verb (obsolete) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
- verb (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- verb (nautical, obsolete) To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
- verb To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
Synonyms
assbag assbreath assbucket asschunk asscunt assface assfag assfaggot assfuck assfucker asshat asshead asshole assmonkey assmouth assmunch assmuncher asstard asswagon assweed bastard cocksucker dickhead shit mother fucker motherfucker whoreson son of a bitch SOB incision
Etymology
From Middle English prik, prikke, from Old English prica, pricu (“a sharp point, minute mark, spot, dot, small portion, prick”), from Proto-West Germanic *prikō, *priku, from Proto-Germanic *prikô, *prikō (“a prick, point”), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *breyǵ- (“to scrape, scratch, rub, prickle, chap”).
Cognate with West Frisian prik (“small hole”), West Frisian prikke (“penis”), Dutch prik (“point, small stick", also "penis”), Danish prik (“dot”), Icelandic prik (“dot, small stick”).
From Middle English prikken, from Old English prician, priccan (“to prick”), from Proto-Germanic *prikōną, *prikjaną (“to pierce, prick”), of uncertain origin; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *breyǵ- (“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 įbrėžti (“to scrape, scratch, carve, inscribe, strike”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.
- noun The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse. "The pricks of conscience." A. Tucker.
- verb To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper.
- verb To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board. Sir I. Newton.
Etymology [AS. prica, pricca, pricu; akin to LG. prick, pricke, D. prik, Dan. prik, prikke, Sw. prick. Cf. Prick, v.]
Etymology [AS. prician; akin to LG. pricken, D. prikken, Dan. prikke, Sw. pricka. See Prick, n., and cf. Prink, Prig.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “prick”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details