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current price of a London flat is out of my reach. 2 sacrifice,
toll, penalty, cost, consequence: Loss of his freedom was too
high a price for standing by his principles. 3 reward, bounty,
premium, prize, payment, bonus, honorarium, Literary guerdon:
The gunfighter had a price of œ1000 on his head. 4 without
price. See priceless, 1, below.
--v. 5 value, evaluate, rate, assay, assess, cost (out): How
would you price a piece of furniture like this chair?
priceless adj. 1 costly, dear, expensive, high-priced, valuable,
invaluable, precious, inestimable, incalculable; irreplaceable,
unique: The vaults in the Vatican contain a king's ransom in
priceless jewels. 2 hilarious, riotous, (screamingly) funny,
side-splitting, hysterical, droll, comical, amusing: The
expression on his face when he realized it was a joke was
priceless.
pricey adj. pricy, expensive, dear, costly, exorbitant, outrageous,
excessive, extortionate, Colloq steep, Brit over the odds: The
restaurant where she took him was certainly pricey, but the food
was excellent.
prick n. 1 puncture, pinhole, pinprick; hole, perforation: For the
blood test, the doctor made a tiny prick in my finger with a
needle. 2 sting, pinch, twinge, prickle, tingle, pain: The
teacher leapt from her chair the instant she felt the prick of
the tack.
--v. 3 puncture, pierce, stab, jab, punch, perforate, riddle;
lance: Using a pin, prick tiny holes in the paper to let the
steam escape. The doctor pricked a boil on my neck. 4 stab,
sting, hurt, prickle, pinch, bite, smart: The hypodermic needle
really pricked me when it went in.
prickle n. 1 spine, bristle, barb, thorn, bur, needle, tine, spike,
spur, prong: The prickles make the brambles cling to your
clothes. 2 pricking, prickliness, itch, itchiness, sting,
tingling, tingle: I felt the prickle of the rough wool against
my skin.
--v. 3 tingle, sting, itch, smart: Sloane complained that the
beard he had to grow for the pirate role made his face prickle.