| pecker | | |
| n. (body) | 1. cock, dick, pecker, peter, prick, putz, shaft, tool | obscene terms for penis. |
| ~ penis, phallus, member | the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism). |
| ~ dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, filth, smut | an offensive or indecent word or phrase. |
| n. (animal) | 2. pecker, peckerwood, woodpecker | bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects. |
| ~ piciform bird | any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood. |
| ~ family picidae, picidae | woodpeckers. |
| ~ green woodpecker, picus viridis | woodpecker of Europe and western Asia. |
| ~ downy woodpecker | small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill. |
| ~ flicker | North American woodpecker. |
| ~ campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpecker, ivorybill | large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct. |
| ~ melanerpes erythrocephalus, redheaded woodpecker, redhead | black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck. |
| ~ sapsucker | small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees. |
| ~ wryneck | Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck. |
| ~ piculet | small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers. |
| n. (animal) | 3. beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker | horny projecting mouth of a bird. |
| ~ bird | warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings. |
| ~ cere | the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds. |
| ~ mouth | the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening.; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth" |
| prick | | |
| n. (person) | 1. asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, sob, son of a bitch, whoreson | insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous. |
| ~ dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, filth, smut | an offensive or indecent word or phrase. |
| ~ disagreeable person, unpleasant person | a person who is not pleasant or agreeable. |
| n. (shape) | 2. dent, incision, prick, scratch, slit | a depression scratched or carved into a surface. |
| ~ imprint, impression, depression | a concavity in a surface produced by pressing.; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" |
| ~ scotch, score | a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally). |
| n. (act) | 3. prick, pricking | the act of puncturing with a small point.; "he gave the balloon a small prick" |
| ~ puncture | the act of puncturing or perforating. |
| v. (contact) | 4. prick, prickle | make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn.; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample" |
| ~ needle | prick with a needle. |
| ~ pierce | make a hole into.; "The needle pierced her flesh" |
| v. (perception) | 5. prick, sting, twinge | cause a stinging pain.; "The needle pricked his skin" |
| ~ ache, hurt, suffer | feel physical pain.; "Were you hurting after the accident?" |
| ~ prickle, prick | cause a prickling sensation. |
| v. (motion) | 6. cock up, prick, prick up | raise.; "The dog pricked up his ears" |
| ~ erect, rear | cause to rise up. |
| v. (contact) | 7. goad, prick | stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick. |
| ~ stab, jab | stab or pierce.; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife" |
| v. (perception) | 8. prick, prickle | cause a prickling sensation. |
| ~ twinge, prick, sting | cause a stinging pain.; "The needle pricked his skin" |
| v. (emotion) | 9. prick | to cause a sharp emotional pain.; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience" |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| v. (contact) | 10. bite, prick, sting | deliver a sting to.; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" |
| ~ pierce | make a hole into.; "The needle pierced her flesh" |
Recent comments
2 days 36 min ago
1 week 1 day ago
1 week 6 days ago
2 weeks 6 hours ago
6 weeks 3 days ago
22 weeks 1 hour ago
28 weeks 4 days ago
41 weeks 5 days ago
44 weeks 5 days ago
46 weeks 4 days ago