en prick

prick as an adverb

prick in a sentence

• båten försvann som en prick i fjärran
  the boat dwindled to a dot in the distance
• en trevlig prick
  a nice fellow (chap)
• prickfri (körning)
  driving with no penalty points
• Sista bokstaven i det svenska alfabetet är "ö", det vill säga ett "o" med två prickar över.
  The last letter in the Swedish alphabet is "ö", that is, an "o" with two dots over it.
• Han har haft körkort i 40 år och kört utan prickar
  He's had a driver's license for 40 years and has received zero driving infractions
• Det var en riktigt trevlig prick, det där.
  That was a really nice guy, there.
• Ser du om pricken därborta är en nord eller en ost?
  Can you see whether the mark over there is a north mark or an east mark?
• klockan tio prick
  ten o'clock sharp
• vi träffas prick klockan sju
  we'll meet at seven o'clock sharp
• att skjuta prick
  to shoot at a mark / snipe

Expressions

• (träffa) mitt i prick
  (hit) the bullseye
• pricken över i-et
  the dot over the i

Questions

Origin

From Middle Low German pricken, from Old Saxon *prikkian, from the verb Proto-Germanic *prikjaną (“to prick”).

Nearby common words

prick is number 3,336 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 3,332övrig other, remaining
• 3,333telefonsamtal phone call
• 3,334diskret discreet, tasteful
• 3,335härnäst next
• 3,337panna pan, forehead
• 3,338isär apart
• 3,339däruppe up there (där + uppe)
• 3,340snar near, speedy