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prick 2, noun (oh) and galvanize (iou)


prick 2, noun (oh)



2 n [C]
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1 ?person?
2 ?sex organ?
3 ?point entering?
4 ?emotion?
5 prick of conscience
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[Language: Old English; Origin: prica]
?PERSON?
spoken not polite a very offensive word for a stupid unpleasant man
?SEX ORGAN?
informal not polite a penis
?POINT ENTERING?
a) a slight pain you get when something sharp goes into your skin
::I didn't feel the prick of the needle.
b) BrE an act of pricking something
::Give the sausages a prick.
-see also pinprick
?EMOTION?
a sudden slight feeling you get when you are unhappy about something
prick of
::She felt a prick of resentment when she saw them together.
prick of conscience
an uncomfortable feeling that you have done something wrong

galvanize (iou)



galvanize verb trans. Also galvanise. E19.
[French galvaniser, from Galvani: see GALVANISM, -IZE.]
Apply galvanism to; stimulate (a muscle or nerve) by a galvanic current. Now chiefly fig., stir into violent activity etc. by shock or excitement. (Foll. by into, to.) E19.
P. Kurth A report from Dr Eitel..galvanized Zahle into further action. H. Carpenter What Macdonald found in that library galvanized his imagination.
Coat with metal, orig. by means of electrolysis; esp. coat (iron) with zinc as a protection against rust, usu. without the use of electricity. M19.
galvani'zation noun M19.
galvanizer noun M19.