pricked
/pɹɪkt/ adjective C2- Punctured by small holes.
- Listening carefully. · Make sure to keep your ears pricked and your eyes peeled.
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Having pricked and grievously torn the soles of his feet, he accused the Bramble because, when he had fled to her for assistance, she had used him worse than the hedge itself.
I can imitate any kind of a bird or beast.” Here he mewed so like a kitten that Toto pricked up his ears and looked everywhere to see where she was.
But her conscience pricked her.
For very important notes, for which closer attention is required, I pricked one of my fingers, and wrote with my own blood.”
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