A prick or puncture made in response to another, or a sharp retort given in return.
From counter- + prick (from Old English pricgan). Archaic term used in the 16th-17th centuries both literally (for surgical responses) and metaphorically for sharp-tongued replies.
Shakespeare's characters would 'counterprick' each other with witty insults—it's the literary equivalent of a verbal duel where every sharp remark demands an equally cutting response.
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