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PRONUNCIATION OF PRICKER

pricker  [ˈprɪkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRICKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pricker 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 PRICKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prick

Prick may refer to: ▪ Prick, a style of marking tool ▪ Goad or prick, a traditional farming implement ▪ Fingerprick, a wound for blood sample...

Definition of pricker in the English dictionary

The definition of pricker in the dictionary is a person or thing that pricks. Other definition of pricker is a thorn; prickle.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRICKER


Africa
ˈæfrɪkə
America
əˈmɛrɪkə
amphitricha
æmˈfɪtrɪkə
areca
ˈærɪkə
Armorica
ɑːˈmɒrɪkə
erica
ˈɛrɪkə
esoterica
ˌɛsəʊˈtɛrɪkə
Mesoamerica
ˌmɛsəʊəˈmɛrɪkə
paprika
ˈpæprɪkə
peritricha
pəˈrɪtrɪkə
ricker
ˈrɪkə
tricker
ˈtrɪkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRICKER

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRICKER

bicker
bumper sticker
city slicker
clicker
dicker
drug trafficker
flicker
kicker
knicker
licker
picker
sicker
slicker
snicker
sticker
the flicker
ticker
tracker
trafficker
whicker
wicker

Synonyms and antonyms of pricker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pricker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRICKER

Find out the translation of pricker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pricker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pricker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

刺针
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

punzón
570 millions of speakers

English

pricker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खोदने का हथियार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pricker
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прокалывания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

furador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিদ্ধকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pricker
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nadel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

とげ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

프리커
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pricker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vật để đâm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pricker
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काटेरी झुडूप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

diken
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

punge
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pricker
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

проколювання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sulă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στυλό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

angel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sticknålsdon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Pricker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pricker

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRICKER»

The term «pricker» is regularly used and occupies the 86.542 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRICKER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pricker» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pricker» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pricker

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRICKER»

Discover the use of pricker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pricker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Pricker Boy
That used to be enough. But this is the summer everything changes, as Stucks Cumberland and his friends find a mysterious package containing mementos of their childhood: baseball cards, a worn paperback, a locket.
Reade Scott Whinnem, 2009
2
Results of the Astronomical Observations Made at the Royal ...
It was soon found desirable to rule lines which should be parallel to the line of dots, as following each other in the rotation of the Barrel, and affected by the slow motion of the pricker-frame. By the use of a pen carried by the pricker- frame this  ...
‎1857
3
English Mechanics and the World of Science
9 or copper soldered or brazed "into it, and pointed off to imitate the pricker fit present in use. With such a pricker, tne rammer, if it struck the pricker when the miner was ramming on the powder, would nut strike a snarls or tire, and the pricker ...
‎1870
4
Frederick the Great and His Court
A mocking, demoniac smile appeared one moment on his lips, then faded quickly , and Piillnitz was again the tender, passionate lover of Anna Pricker. " Yes, my dearly-beloved Anna," whispered he, clasping her in his arms, " on that blessed ...
L. Muhlbach, 2009
5
A treatise on marine surveying
Through the centre of the instrument there is an opening sufficient to admit a steel pricker; and when the instrument is used, if the pricker be pressed into the paper, it will mark the required station. We shall illustrate the use of the instrument by ...
Thomas Charles Robson, 1834
6
Nature
1) was a pricker placed in electrical connection with the standard clock, and alongside another pricker placed in electrical communication with \n observer at any of the instruments. At every second of the standard clock, the clock pricker rose ...
Sir Norman Lockyer, 1882
7
Zuzu Is Zany
Zuzu has her own unique way of doing things, and somehow it always seems to work out for the best, even when she decides to go through the puckleplant patch instead of taking the bungberry trail to the waterfall
Kiki Thorpe, Jim Henson, 1999
8
Sir George Mackenzie
The Council orders the arrest of John Ramsay, " an ordinary pricker of witches, to answer for the pricking of Margaret Tait, who immediately thereafter died." x Probably the Justices had informed against this man Ramsay. On April 1, 1662, we ...
Andrew Lang, 2005
9
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
The combination of a plurality of pricker rollers In allnement with each other ; a ribbon roller turning loosely In suitable bearings, the peripheries of both the said rollers adapted to touch and to receive the ribbon between them ; and prickers ...
United States. Patent Office, 1910
10
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
Piled Sept. 11, 1905. Serial No. 277,878. 1. The combination of a plurality of pricker rollers in alinement with each other ; a ribbon roller turning loosely in suitable bearings, the peripheries of both the said rollers adapted to touch and to receive ...
‎1910

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRICKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pricker is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Editor was champion of Norfolk's dialect
He was a greater pricker of heavily inflated balloons. Be you ever so high and mighty at Westminster or elsewhere, he would bring you back to ... «Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, Jul 15»
2
Nature News: Time to start picking blueberries, raspberries
They grow as shrubs, with long pricker-clad canes that can arch to the ground and take root. They have compound leaves (this means that the ... «Foster's Daily Democrat, Jul 15»
3
Young girl pricked by discarded needle at Hyde Park playground
Cadence Epstein did not realize how serious her injuries could be when she pricker her finger with a syringe found at a playground in Hyde ... «WHDH-TV, Jul 15»
4
All about Sausage (DT)
At central bus station Hlemmur sausages remain in “their territory,” but they have managed to get out of the cheap sauce and plastic pricker ... «IcelandReview, Jul 15»
5
A Guide to First Aid for Dog Owners
... says Acker), then hold the skin around the base of the quill with one hand and use the pliers to pull the pricker straight out. More than a dozen ... «Outside Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Walk needs clean-up
It's too bad, such a nice little walk is now being overgrown by pricker-bushes and weeds and it's not mowed. The kids really love this little walk. «Towanda Daily Review, Jun 15»
7
With a Spate of Burglaries, Greenwich Police Advise Vigilance
He also advised, “Turn on the lights, use timers, use alarm systems, even watch dogs and pricker bushes are known to deter thieves.” ... «Patch.com, Jun 15»
8
Two in one to break cycle of poor diabetes management
... for fiddly test strips or a separate finger pricker and a connected insulin pen, which work seamlessly together via a custom smartphone app. «News-Medical.net, Jun 15»
9
Johnstown kindergartner accused of poking friends with small …
The pricker is not technically considered a weapon, but because the student is so young, the school said it plans on handling the situation ... «WJAC Johnstown, May 15»
10
Dog Haus Würstmacher Adam Gertler's 5 Essential Tools for …
To use a sausage-pricker (always fun to say by the way), you simply prick the sausage during the stuffing and linking process." 2. Mixer «LA Weekly, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
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