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PRONUNCIATION OF PRICKY

pricky  [ˈprɪkɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRICKY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pricky is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PRICKY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pricky in the English dictionary

The definition of pricky in the dictionary is covered with pricks.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRICKY


ariki
ˈɑːrɪkɪ
brickie
ˈbrɪkɪ
bricky
ˈbrɪkɪ
cymotrichy
saɪˈmɒtrɪkɪ
hickey
ˈhɪkɪ
hystericky
hɪsˈtɛrɪkɪ
leiotrichy
laɪˈɒtrɪkɪ
mickey
ˈmɪkɪ
micky
ˈmɪkɪ
picky
ˈpɪkɪ
psyche
ˈsaɪkɪ
quickie
ˈkwɪkɪ
reiki
ˈreɪkɪ
rickey
ˈrɪkɪ
shaky
ˈʃeɪkɪ
sticky
ˈstɪkɪ
tricky
ˈtrɪkɪ
ulotrichy
juːˈlɒtrɪkɪ
Vicky
ˈvɪkɪ
wiki
ˈwɪkɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRICKY

prick song
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
pricy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRICKY

colicky
dicky
finicky
frolicky
garlicky
gimmicky
icky
kicky
nit-picky
nonsticky
panicky
phthisicky
pilgarlicky
plasticky
rheumaticky
shticky
staticky
thicky
ungimmicky
Zwicky

Synonyms and antonyms of pricky in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pricky» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRICKY

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

Translator English - Chinese

pricky
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Pricky
570 millions of speakers

English

pricky
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pricky
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pricky
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pricky
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pricky
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pricky
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pricky
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Licik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pricky
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pricky
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pricky
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pratik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pricky
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pricky
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्कृष्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pricky
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pricky
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pricky
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pricky
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pricky
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Pricky
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pricky
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pricky
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pricky
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pricky

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRICKY»

The term «pricky» is normally little used and occupies the 133.510 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of pricky
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «pricky».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRICKY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pricky» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pricky» 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 pricky

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRICKY»

Discover the use of pricky in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pricky and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Red Fire Engine
I thought at first that Pricky was gonna pull the old man's whiskers right off. We all ground our teeth as usual at Pricky's rudeness. The old fella just sat there butter'n his bread, cool as a cucumber, lookin' down across the table at little Pricky as if ...
Timothy Jayne Sr, 2009
2
The Christmas tree [ed. by G.F. Pardon].
by the ringing of the church bells, and the little maidens playing at the game of pricky-socky, as they call it. See them all dressed up in their best, with their wrists adorned with rows of pins, running about from house to house enquiring who will  ...
George Frederick Pardon, 1859
3
Cry me a river: Big issues require big knickers!
It's way cool – once you iron it, it turns hot and sticks the material together. I adore it so much I made up a wee ditty about it. It goes a little something like 'Quicky sticky ... yeah ... No pricky pricky.' Imagine, if you will, the pricky pricky bit being ...
Sonya O'Neill, 2013
4
Pull Up the Ladder Jack: Seamen Behaving Badly
Old Bill would often tell outrageous yarns about an old mate of his named Pricky Wells. His mate was so nicknamed, as according to old Bill he was so well endowed. One yarn that he told was that on one occasion he heard Pricky calling for ...
Eric G. Bennett, 2012
5
Survey English Dialects
Sa. furze-pig, hedge-boar hedgy-boar, hedge-pig, hedgy-boar, pricklybacked- urchin, prickly-back-urchin, pricklyblack-urchin, prickly-pig, prickly-urchin, prickurchin, pricky-back-urchin, pricky-black-urchin, pricky-urchin, urchin hedge- hook /. n ...
Michael V. Barry, 2013
6
The Farmer's Magazine
589, entirely black, his head short and fine, ears short, thin, and nicely pricky and pointing forward, his chaps full, neck short and fat, chine, back, and loin very broad and level, his frame very deep, and legs short, tail and rump more up and ...
Rogerson, 1856
7
The Farmer's Magazine
589, entirely black, his head short and fine, ears short, thin, and nicely pricky and pointing forward, his chaps full, neck short and fat, chine, back, and loin very broad and level, his frame very deep, and legs short, tail and rump more up and ...
‎1856
8
Survey of English Dialects: The Dictionary and Grammar
... prickly-pig, prickly-urchin, prick- urchin, pricky-back-urchin, pricky-black-urchin, pricky-urchin, urchin hedge-hook /. n a HEDGING-BILL IV.2.5. hedsuk Nf, edsuk La Gl Hrt, edsu:k La Y 2. n a BILLHOOK IV.2.6. edsvk D, edsu:k L, D hedge-knife  ...
Clive Upton, David Parry, John David Allison Widdowson, 1994
9
The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea
Helaine Becker. Pricky. Eater? Can you make like an otter and eat a sea urchin without getting pricked? You Will Need. •. 15 mL (1 tbsp.) cream cheese. •. a plate . •. pretzel sticks. 1. Mold the cheese into a ball. Flatten it slightly against the plate  ...
Helaine Becker, 2012
10
A Trilogy in Paradoxism: Avant-Garde Political Dramas: ...
Avant-Garde Political Dramas Florentin Smarandache A. Johnson, Žakalin Nežić. PAMPOLINN: Get it out. (123 unbuttons his trousers. All of a sudden Pricky Consul comes on stage.) PRICKY CONSUL: Mr. President, the political headquarters ...
Florentin Smarandache, A. Johnson, Žakalin Nežić, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRICKY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pricky is used in the context of the following news items.
1
10 Artists That Went Head-To-Head With The Music Industry and WON
So it's no surprise they're somewhat pricky when threatened. The likes of EMI and Colombia now have to contend with a group of tech savvy ... «WhatCulture, Jul 15»
2
Shark Files: Some Deep-Sea Sharks Float Up
Both types of deep-sea sharks, the bluntnose sixgill, Hexanchus griseus, and the pricky shark, Echinorhinus cookei, showed similar vertical ... «iFreePress.com, Jun 15»
3
Siouxland's summer of suds takes unusual twist
Don't let the name confuse you; there are no pears in Shiner Pricky Pear lager. No, it's the actual red fruit from a prickly pear cactus that ... «Sioux City Journal, Jun 15»
4
14 'Center Stage' Quotes For Every Occasion, Because Jody …
For When Someone Is Being A Passive-Aggressive Jerk: “Being nice when you say something pricky is even prickier.” — Eva ... «Bustle, May 15»
5
Bods and blether: How many of these East Yorkshire words do you …
All Mail readers and Radio Humberside listeners will remember Ernie Teal's "lahtle bods" (little birds). I have heard of a "pricky back hotchen" ... «Hull Daily Mail, May 15»
6
Robert Downey Jr. walks out on pricky Brit interview
Krishnan Guru-Murthy is developing a formidable gift for pissing off the talent. Quentin Tarantino gave the Channel 4 presenter a spectacular ... «Straight.com, Apr 15»
7
Brilliant Kitchen Tricks That'll Make Your Life So Much Easier
A cook's arch-nemesis can take the form of a big, overtly complicated cooking procedure or a small but time-consuming pricky problem – and ... «NDTV, Apr 15»
8
Ignore Police IG, APC tells voters
He is really a pricky prick on hire. Omoagunmate. burning head, what are you smoking again? only one week left for idiots like you to go under, ... «Premium Times, Mar 15»
9
Mass evictions expected as Network Rail to redevelop 'every arch …
These idoits above just don't get it and never will! I support the business n ignore the pricky yuppies that parade up n down… quite simply put… «BrixtonBuzz, Feb 15»
10
Clan Connections and Concilliatory BJP Keep Maha Marriage Going
A nuclear power project proposed again at Jaitapur in Konkan is another pricky issue between the parties. The BJP believes that the project ... «The New Indian Express, Dec 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pricky [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pricky>. May 2024 ».
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