pricked

1. To pierce or puncture slightly.

   John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood.

2. To form by piercing or puncturing.

   to prick a pattern for embroidery

3. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
4. To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
5. To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
6. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.

   to prick a knife into a board

7. To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.

   A sore finger pricks.

8. 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.

   The dog's ears pricked up at the sound of a whistle.

9. Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
10. To incite, stimulate, goad.
11. To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
12. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
13. To make acidic or pungent.
14. To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
15. To aim at a point or mark.
16. Usually as prick up: to dress or adorn; to prink.

adjective

Punctured by small holes