prick
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- noun
- /prɪk/
:
pinchazo
- We ask about their health, and we do a little finger prick, like if you are doing a cholesterol screening.
- a finger prick
- a skin prick
Do you feel there's some pin prick somewhere?
- Do you feel there's some pin prick somewhere?
- And we can measure it with say a finger prick device called the Precision Extra Xtra by Abbott Labs.
Examples
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Finally, Layla was seen, and straight away the GP did a finger prick blood test, which confirmed it was diabetes.
Academic text (2012) -
A cheap, effective treatment that only needs a little prick in the arm, essentially.
Blog text (28) -
A little prick in his neck, and then the pain will go away.
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I feel a prick in my left arm.
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Just a prick of the finger.
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Shelly felt a prick and looked down.
Fiction book (1998) -
Someone pulls her gown up, and she feels the prick of the needle sliding in.
Fiction book (1993) -
In order to see how it would feel, a self-administered prick in the fingertip, I tried it out on myself first.
Fiction book (1997) -
"You'll just feel a prick," he said to Mack as he lifted the boy's foot.
Fiction book (1990) -
You might feel a prick when you get the vaccination.
Synonyms
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A quick sharp poke with a finger, hand, or object
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Making a small hole with a sharp point
An action of putting a sharp object through something
Idioms
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Etymology
Prick comes from an old verb meaning 'to pierce' or 'to make a point', the idea you get when you push a pin into something. So a single 'prick' can mean the act of pushing a sharp point in, like with a needle.