# pricked

Pronunciation: say "PRIKT" /pɹɪkt/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of prick. — simple past and past participle of prick
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of prick. Use it for something done in the past, or after has, had or was.
   - _His conscience pricked him all evening after he snapped at his sister._
   - _The tomato seedlings were pricked out into larger trays after two weeks._

## Adjective

2. Pierced or punctured with small holes.
   - Simple: Having small holes poked through it.
   - _Candlelight spilled through the pricked tin shade in a scatter of tiny points._
   - _By midnight the desert sky was pricked all over with stars._
3. Of a person's ears, listening carefully, like an alert animal that raises its ears to listen.
   - Simple: Listening carefully, like a dog that lifts its ears to hear.
   - _Reporters hung around the courthouse lobby, ears pricked for any word of the verdict._
   - _She kept her ears pricked through the meeting in case her project came up._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pricked (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).