The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PRICKS
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What does PRICKS mean?
PRICKS noun- A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
- An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
- A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
- A small pointed object.
- The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
- A feeling of remorse.
- The penis.
- Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
- A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
- The footprint of a hare.
- A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
- The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
- To pierce or puncture slightly.
- To form by piercing or puncturing.
- To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
- To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
- To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
- To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
- To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
- Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
- To incite, stimulate, goad.
- To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
- To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- To make acidic or pungent.
- To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- To aim at a point or mark.
- Usually as prick up: to dress or adorn; to prink.