prick

[US]/prɪk/
[UK]/prɪk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. genomborra, sticka, peta
vt. & vi. sticka, sticka
n. skarp smärta, punktering, märke
Word Forms
Past Participlepricked
Past Tensepricked
Present Participlepricking
Pluralpricks
Third Person Singularpricks

Phrases & Collocations

prick up oneself

rycka på sig

prick up

rycka upp

prick on

träffa

Example Sentences

prick a pattern on a board.

nypa ett mönster på en tavla.

she felt a prick of resentment.

hon kände en stickande känsla av missnöje.

feel the pricks of conscience

känn samvetsstickarna

he was in the garden pricking out marigolds.

han var i trädgården och ryckte upp ringblommor.

My skin pricks sometimes.

Min hud sticker ibland.

Her conscience began to prick her.

Hennes samvete började nagga henne.

The dogs pricked their ears.

Hundarna stack sina öron.

"A slight prick, and the injection was over."

”En liten stickning, och injektionen var över.”

The needle left a prick in the tailor's finger.

Nålen lämnade en stickning i skräddarens finger.

a terrier with prick ears and a foxy expression.

en terrier med spetsiga öron och ett slugt uttryck.

prick the potatoes all over with a fork.

stick hål i potatisarna överallt med en gaffel.

tears of disappointment were pricking her eyelids.

Besvikelsestårar stack i hennes ögonlock.

the police were pricked into action by the horrifying sight.

polisen sporades till handling av den hemska synen.

the pin prick had produced a drop of blood.

Nålsticket hade producerat en droppe blod.

My duty pricked me on.

Min plikt påminde mig.

The thorns of roses prick rather badly.

Rosornas taggar sticker ganska illa.

The dog's ears pricked at the noise.

Hundens öron reste sig vid ljudet.

Real-world Examples

Assess this with cold indifference, you beany-headed prick!

Bedöm detta med kall likgiltighet, du beany-headed prick!

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

You're such a prick. I take that as a compliment.

Du är en sådan idiot. Jag tar det som en komplimang.

Source: Our Day This Season 1

You never earned anything. You are a self-righteous prick.

Du har aldrig förtjänat något. Du är en självgod idiot.

Source: "Whiplash" Original Soundtrack

The arrows pricked me like hundreds of needles.

Pilarna stack mig som hundratals nålar.

Source: Theatrical play: Gulliver's Travels

I have to be a real prick sometimes, you know?

Jag måste vara en riktig idiot ibland, vet du?

Source: Billions Season 1

I hope so. Yeah. But I won't prick myself on a cactus.

Jag hoppas det. Ja. Men jag kommer inte att sticka mig på en kaktus.

Source: American English dialogue

Yo wassup man, don’t be a prick, show me some brotherly love!

Yo wassup man, var inte en idiot, visa mig lite brorskap!

Source: Learn authentic English with Wilber Pan.

I'm lying on my back. I'm being pricked by lots of tiny sharp things.

Jag ligger på rygg. Jag blir stucken av massor av små vassa saker.

Source: Theatrical play: Gulliver's Travels

Look, I don't wanna be a prick, but I'm a member of the Congress.

Titta, jag vill inte vara en idiot, men jag är medlem i kongressen.

Source: House of Cards

You have my gun, you little prick.

Du har min pistol, din lilla idiot.

Source: And Then There Were None

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