PRICK Copy link • PRICK 1. s. A puncture, ictus; punctio; punctum. A slight prick, punctiuncula. A sharp instrument, goad, prickle, stimulus; aculeus: to kick against the pricks, adversus stimulum calcare (Terentianus). 2. v. PROP., , pungere, compungere (the proper words, both of persons and of things): stimulare (with a goad). To prick with a needle, acu pungere or compungere: to prick one’s hand with a needle, *acu sauciare manum. Figuratively, pungere, compungere, urere, infestare.