(Australia) A bullock living in the wild. (Also used attributively.)
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) One who pikes (quits or backs out of a promise).
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) One who refuses to go out with friends, or leaves a party early; a spoilsport or "chicken".
(US, dated) A male freshman at Cornell University.
(military, historical) A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman.
A stingy person; a cheapskate.
A tramp; a vagrant.
An amateur.
One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money.
prick
prick
noun
(UK, Australia, US, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
(now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
(obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
(obsolete) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
(obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
(obsolete) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
(slang, vulgar) The penis.
A feeling of remorse.
A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
A small pointed object.
An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
The footprint of a hare.
verb
(farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
(horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
(intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
(intransitive, archaic) To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
(intransitive, dated) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
(nautical, obsolete) To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
(obsolete) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
(obsolete, usually as prick up) to dress or adorn; to prink.
(transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
(transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
(transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
(transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
(transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
(transitive, hunting) To shoot without killing.
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
To aim at a point or mark.
To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
prink
prink
noun
The act of adjusting one's dress or appearance; the act of sprucing oneself up.