Collocations for "prick"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "prick" in context.
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prick
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- give your [finger, arm] a small prick (with a needle)
- felt a prick on my finger (from)
- are going to feel a small prick (now)
- a prick from the [stinging nettles, thorn, bush]
- slang, offensive: don't be (such) a prick!
- slang, offensive: is always such a prick
- slang, offensive: why do you (always) have to be a prick?
- slang, offensive: stop being a prick!
- slang, offensive: listen (up), prick!
- slang, offensive: you got a problem, prick?
- slang, offensive: shut up, prick!
- slang, offensive: no one asked you, prick!
- sexually explicit, offensive: will stick his prick in anything
- sexually explicit: has a [small, huge] prick
- sexually explicit: she's a real prick tease
- prick up your ears
- prick your ears up
- its ears pricked up (at the sound of)
- prick your finger
- pricked [her finger, his thumb] with a needle
- pricked herself on a [needle, thorn]
- the [doctor, nurse, assistant] pricked her
- prick a [sausage, balloon]
- prick holes with a [fork, pin, needle]
- prick [a hole, holes] in
- [tears, gas, wind] pricked my eyes
- the [book, article, he] pricked her conscience
- prick a plant out
- prick out plants
- the [thorn, needle] pricked [me, her arm, his skin]
- it [might, may, will] prick [a little, a bit]
- slang, sexually explicit: she's a real prick tease
'prick' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):