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Synonyms
prick (prĭk)

[Middle English, from Old English prica, puncture.]

noun 

    1. The act of piercing or pricking.
    2. The sensation of being pierced or pricked.
    1. A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse.
    2. A small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or bee sting.
  3. A small mark or puncture made by a pointed object.
  4. A pointed object, such as an ice pick, goad, or thorn.
  5. A hare's track or footprint.
  6. Vulgar Slang A penis.
  7. Vulgar Slang A person regarded as highly unpleasant, especially a male.

verb: pricked, prick·ing, pricks. 

transitive verb 

  1. To puncture lightly.
  2. To affect with a mental or emotional pang, as of sorrow or remorse: His conscience began to prick him.
  3. To impel as if with a spur; urge on.
  4. To mark or delineate on a surface by means of small punctures: prick a pattern on a board.
  5. To pierce the quick of (a horse's hoof) while shoeing.
  6. To transplant (seedlings, for example) before final planting.
  7. To cause to stand erect or point upward: The dogs pricked their ears.

intransitive verb 

  1. To pierce or puncture something or cause a pricking feeling.
  2. To feel a pang or twinge from or as if from being pricked.
    1. To spur a horse on.
    2. To ride at a gallop.
  4. To stand erect; point upward: The dog's ears pricked at the noise.

phrasal verbs

prick off
To measure with dividers on a chart.

idioms

prick up (one's) ears
To listen with attentive interest.