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prick song

Meaning of "prick song" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRICK SONG

From pricked song, prickt song, from prick (to mark out, notate).

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PRICK SONG

prick song


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRICK SONG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prick song is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRICK SONG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of prick song in the English dictionary

The definition of prick song in the dictionary is a piece of written vocal music. Other definition of prick song is vocal music sung from a copy.



WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRICK SONG

prick · prick up one´s ears · prick-tease · prick-teaser · prick-teasing · pricker · pricket · pricking · prickle · pricklier · prickliest · prickliness · pricklings · prickly · prickly ash · prickly heat · prickly pear · prickly poppy · prickwood · pricky

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRICK SONG

birdsong · drinking song · evensong · folk song · for a song · gospel song · love song · marching song · on song · part song · patter song · plainsong · pop song · school song · singsong · siren song · song · swan song · theme song · torch song

Synonyms and antonyms of prick song in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prick song» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRICK SONG

Find out the translation of prick song to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of prick song from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prick song» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

刺歌
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

canción pinchazo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

prick song
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

चुभन गीत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أغنية الوخز
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

укол песня
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

canção picada
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

প্রিক গান
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

chanson piqûre
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Lagu prick
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Prick- Song
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

プリック歌
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

찌르기 노래
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Prick song
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chích bài hát
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ப்ரிக் பாடல்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

टोचणे गाणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Prick song
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

canzone cazzo
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

kutas piosenki
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

укол пісня
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

cântec înțepătură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τσίμπημα τραγούδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prik lied
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prick sång
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stikk sang
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prick song

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRICK SONG»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRICK SONG»

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A glossary; or, Collection of words ... which have been ...
Prick-song. Music written down, sometimes more particularly music in parts ; from the points or dots with which it is noted down. See Hawkins, ii. 243. He fights as you sing prick-song, keeps time, distance, and proportion, lie rests his minim, ...
Robert Nares, 1822
2
A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
PRICK-SONG. Music written down, sometimes more particularly music in parts ; from the points or dots with which it is noted down. See Hawkins, ii. 243. He fights as you sing prick-song, keeps time, distance, and proportion. He rests his minim,  ...
Robert Nares, 1822
3
An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words Made Use of by ...
Prick-song. He fights as you sing prick-song, keeps time, distance, and proportion Ib. '2 Prick'd. I was prick'd well enough before, an you could have let me alone 2 lf .'n. iv. — Will you be prick'd in number of our friends - Julins Casar. — These ...
Samuel Ayscough, 1827
4
A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. 1871
He fights as you sing prick-song, keeps time, distance and proportion ; rests me his minim rest, one, two, and the third in your bosom; the very 17. Ben.] (QJKf. Ro. orRom. Qq. 18. prince] tht prince Johns. (1771). 17,18. Why...you. O] Capell, from  ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1871
5
Romeo and Juliet
He fights as you sing prick-song, keeps time, distance and proportion ; rests me his minim rest, one, two, and the third in your bosom ; the very 17. Ben.] (QJFf. Ro . or Rom. Qq. 18. prince] the prince Johns. (1771). 17. 18. Why...you. O] Capell ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1871
6
An index to the remarkable passages and words made use of by ...
Prick-song. He fights as you sing prick-song, keeps time, distance. and proportion IbPrick'd- I was prick'd well enough before, an you could have let me alone 2 Hen . iv— Will you be prick'd in number of our friends - Julius Canar—- These ...
Samuel Ayscough, William Shakespeare, 1827
7
The poetical aviary, with a bird's-eye view of the English ...
In the song, before cited, from Alexander and Camaspe, we have — Brave prick- song ! who is't now we hear ? 'Tis the Lark's silver leer-a-lecr. The term prick-song occurs in many old writers ; we shall find, in the next section, that it is contrasted ...
A. A, 1841
8
John Ford's Dramatic Works
Prick-song.] A song regulated by notes. Hence, the comgum expression, to prick notes, instead of to write them. Prick. song was opposed to plainpsong, the former being written or pricked down, and the latter resting more in the will of the  ...
John Ford, 1811
9
Dramatic Works
1 Prick-song..] A song regulated by notes. Hence, the com. inon expression, to prick notes, instead of to write them. Prick, song was opposed to plain.song, the former being written or pricked down, and the latter resting more in the will of the  ...
John Ford, 1811
10
John Florio: A Worlde of Wordes
Also to set prick-song. Also whereof tables, boardes, and planks may be made. TAVOLATA, a table full, or a companie of fellow borders at one table, a tabling. TAVOLATO, tabled or borded at meat, feasted or banquetted, railed, boorded, ...
Hermann W. Haller, 2013

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRICK SONG»

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Guilford County schools, parents debate over reading lists
“They didn't object to Romeo and Juliet or to Mercutio's jokes about 'prick song'. “They took the sections of the book that they read out loud at ... «Guilfordian, Nov 12»
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