Definition of Pricker

1. Noun. A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf.

Exact synonyms: Prickle, Spikelet, Spine, Sticker, Thorn
Generic synonyms: Aculeus
Specialized synonyms: Glochid, Glochidium
Derivative terms: Prick, Prickly, Spinous, Stick, Thorny

2. Noun. An awl for making small holes for brads or small screws.
Exact synonyms: Bradawl
Generic synonyms: Awl
Derivative terms: Prick

Definition of Pricker

1. n. One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle.

Definition of Pricker

1. Noun. One who pricks ¹

2. Noun. A tool for pricking ¹

3. Noun. A prickle or thorn ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pricker

1. one that pricks [n -S] - See also: pricks

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pricker

prices
pricetag
pricetags
pricey
priceyness
pricier
priciest
pricily
priciness
pricing
pricing system
prick up
prick up one's ears
pricked
pricker (current term)
prickers
pricket
pricketh
prickets
prickier
prickiest
pricking
prickings
prickle
prickle-weed
prickle cell
prickleback
pricklebacks
prickled

Literary usage of Pricker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by John Soelberg Wells, Charles Stedman Bull (1880)
"This may be done either with the pricker (Fig. 104, which represents this instrument, ... Care must be taken not to press the point of the pricker or ..."

2. Bibliotheca Nicotiana: A Catalogue of Books about Tobacco, Together with a by William Bragge (1880)
"Tobacco stopper; with perforated disc with rim ; and pricker, with sheath ; silver. ... Tobacco stopper and pricker, and small spoon, with sheath ; pierced ..."

3. Inquiries Into Human Faculty and Its Development by Francis Galton (1883)
"I frequently make statistical records of form and feature, in the streets or in company, without exciting attention, by means of a fine pricker and a piece ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: In by Sandford Nevile, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, William Montagu Manning (1834)
"The Court will uot interfere summarily to enforce the performance of this undertaking, for at the most it is only conditional. In pricker v. ..."

5. Inquiries Into Human Faculty and Its Development by Sir Francis Galton (1883)
"I frequently make statistical records of form and feature, in the streets or in company, without exciting attention, by means of a fine pricker and a piece ..."

6. Colliery Surveying: A Primer Designed for the Use of Students and Colliery by Thomas Aloysius O'Donahue (1896)
"3) makes the best pricker, but a needle with its blunt end pressed into a pencil acts practically as well. Fio. 3. The Set Square. ..."

7. Live Toys; Or, Anecdotes of Our Four-legged and Other Pets by Emma Davenport (1862)
"But although we did not in any way confine pricker, he never attempted to ... When we had had pricker for some weeks, we received a present of a second ..."

8. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by John Soelberg Wells, Charles Stedman Bull (1880)
"This may be done either with the pricker (Fig. 104, which represents this instrument, ... Care must be taken not to press the point of the pricker or ..."

9. Bibliotheca Nicotiana: A Catalogue of Books about Tobacco, Together with a by William Bragge (1880)
"Tobacco stopper; with perforated disc with rim ; and pricker, with sheath ; silver. ... Tobacco stopper and pricker, and small spoon, with sheath ; pierced ..."

10. Inquiries Into Human Faculty and Its Development by Francis Galton (1883)
"I frequently make statistical records of form and feature, in the streets or in company, without exciting attention, by means of a fine pricker and a piece ..."

11. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: In by Sandford Nevile, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, William Montagu Manning (1834)
"The Court will uot interfere summarily to enforce the performance of this undertaking, for at the most it is only conditional. In pricker v. ..."

12. Inquiries Into Human Faculty and Its Development by Sir Francis Galton (1883)
"I frequently make statistical records of form and feature, in the streets or in company, without exciting attention, by means of a fine pricker and a piece ..."

13. Colliery Surveying: A Primer Designed for the Use of Students and Colliery by Thomas Aloysius O'Donahue (1896)
"3) makes the best pricker, but a needle with its blunt end pressed into a pencil acts practically as well. Fio. 3. The Set Square. ..."

14. Live Toys; Or, Anecdotes of Our Four-legged and Other Pets by Emma Davenport (1862)
"But although we did not in any way confine pricker, he never attempted to ... When we had had pricker for some weeks, we received a present of a second ..."

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