Word: pricking
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pri
cking
Definition: The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
Morphemes:
Affix: prick
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.