pricker

Meaning

1. One who pricks.
2. A tool for pricking.
3. A prickle or thorn.
4. Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
5. One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
6. A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
7. A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.

Synonyms

awl

prickle

thorn

bradawl

spine

sticker

spikelet

spike

sting

stinger

prodder

punching pin

vent wire

drift pin

dot punch

pricking pin

vent wires

venting pin

vent rod

venting wire

bodkin

borer

dart

🎯

drill

piercer

punch

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Translations

Ahle

Pfriem

alène

priem

diken

prikkel

Alasna transposé du haut allemand alansa

alêne

espina

τρυπητήρι

Bohrer

autocollant

colonne vertébrale

épillet

κεντών

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɪkə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From prick + -er.