pricker
pricker Lexical Profile
pricker Game Scores & Validity
• noun
North American A sharp thorn, prickle, burr, or bramble on a plant that easily catches on clothing or scratches the skin.
"After hiking through the overgrown meadow, we spent twenty minutes pulling prickers out of our wool socks."
A small, sharp-pointed hand tool or instrument used for piercing, marking, or making tiny holes in materials such as leather, paper, or dough.
"The bookbinder used a fine brass pricker to mark evenly spaced holes along the folded signatures before sewing them together."
British A young male fallow, red, or roe deer in its second year, having unbranched, spike-like antlers.
"The gamekeeper spotted a young pricker grazing near the edge of the ancient oak woodland at dawn."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English from the verb 'prick' (from Old English prician, meaning 'to pierce or sting') combined with the agentive suffix '-er'.