prick up

Verb

Meaning

raise

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

prick rise raise bite cock sting goad pricking prickle twinge stick up pricked cock-up

Antonyms

wizard ace sage savant brain academic
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Hypernyms

rear erect

Examples

We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight. H. P. Lovecraft

We do not only free God by battling and subduing the visible world about us; we also create God. "Open your eyes," God shouts; "I want to see! Prick up your ears, I want to hear! March in the front ranks: you are my head!" Nikos Kazantzakis

The dog pricked up his ears Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

prick teaser prick test prick the garter prick up ears prick up one's ears prick up the ears