prik
Meaning
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- (feminine) sting, prick (sting or bite from a bug, etc.)
- (feminine) small pointy object, prong
- (feminine) goad, prod
- (feminine) lamprey, fish of the order Petromyzontiformes
- (feminine, informal) injection, jab, shot
Concepts
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/prɪk/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch pricke, likely a variant of pikken with an emphatic -r-.
New
prikken
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- (transitive) to sting, to prick
- (transitive) to poke
- (transitive) to perforate
- (transitive) to give an injection
- (transitive) to vaccinate
- (transitive) to fix(ate) a date, appointment etc.
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