Prick
Stick
Stick verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.
Usage example: could hardly feel the needle when the nurse stuck my arm with it
Prick is a synonym for stick in pierce topic. Sometimes you can use "Prick" instead the word "Stick" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as perforate.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good prick | good stick |
| complete | complete prick | complete stick |
| single | single prick | single stick |
| stupid | stupid prick | stupid stick |
| Other adjectives: small, massive, great, little, giant, bigger, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck: Was she effectively babysitting Nnoitra to stick it to his chauvinist beliefs, or was it due to her feeling obligated to protect a comrade (even if he was a prick)?
- Renly: I suppose it was all rather heroic, if you were drunk enough and had some poor Riverland whore to stick your prick into to "make the eight." [Throws his spear down and stalks off]
Source: Rant-Inducing Slight -
The actual device used was a goad or prick, which was a pointy stick which you'd stick the beast with, hence the English idiom for useless, painful defiance, "to kick against the prick"; animals which tried kicking the pricks would hurt themselves further for no gain.
Source: Whip It Good
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