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