pricks is a form of:

Prick



noun
1.
Feel the prick of a needle ចំណាក់, ការចាក (bushes have) pricks បន្លា
verbpast tense: pricked ; past participle: pricked ; present participle: pricking ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) Rashes prick ចាក់ (ឆៀបៗ), ស្កៀប (ears) prick up ឡើងបះ
2.
(TRANSITIVE) Prick a balloon ចាក់ (អោយធ្លាយ), prick one's finger on a thorn មុតដៃនឹងបន្លា prick one's conscience ធ្វើអោយឈឺចាប់ (dogs) prick up (their ears) បំបះ
  • prick out
    - ចាក់ដោតដាំកូនរុក្ខជាតិ
  • prick up one's ears
    - ស្ដាប់ខ្លបស្លឹកត្រចៀក
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.
2.
The footprint of a hare.
3.
A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.
4.
The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse.
5.
A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point.
6.
A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
7.
The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
8.
A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.
verbpast tense: pricked ; past participle: pricked ; present participle: pricking ;
1.
To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper.
2.
To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.
3.
To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
4.
To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition.
5.
To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.
6.
To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
7.
To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged.
8.
To render acid or pungent.
9.
To dress; to prink; -- usually with up.
10.
To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.
11.
To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.
12.
To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
13.
(INTRANSITIVE) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks.
14.
(INTRANSITIVE) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
15.
(INTRANSITIVE) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
16.
(INTRANSITIVE) To aim at a point or mark.
17.
That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.
1.
To nick