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prick

[prik] / prɪk /


NOUN
(vulgar) penis
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NOUN
(vulgar) highly unpleasant man
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A flurry of such tests that look for multiple cancers with a prick are in various stages of development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Older participants regained motor strength and sensory abilities, such as feeling light touch or a pin prick, at levels similar to younger individuals.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2026

Segura, the nurse, removed the tube from my arm and pressed a cotton ball to the needle prick.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

The child was unresponsive to a heel prick and was found to be in a coma.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

In 1986, in an astonishing experiment, Nüsslein-Volhard’s students learned to prick a normal fly embryo with a minuscule needle, withdraw a droplet of liquid from its head, and transplant it into the headless mutants.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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