חָדַק, הָדַק to cut into, prick.—Part. pass. חָדוּק, fem. חֲדוּקָה, pl. חֲדוּקוֹת. Ḥull. 59ᵇ ח׳ בעינן Ar. the horns must be prickly (rough); ed. חרוקות, v. חָרַק.
    Pi. - חִדֵּק to squeeze into, drive in. Erub. 101ᵃ (play on חדק, Mic. VII, 4, a. והדקות, ib. IV, 13) שמְחַדְּקִין אוה"ע וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שמְהַ׳ את הרשעים) those who force the nations into Gehenna; Yalk. Mic. 556. Y. Sabb. X, end, 12ᵈ להַדֵּיק בה וכ׳ to close with it (to stuff it into) defective bags.
    Hithpa. - הִתְחַדֵּק to be driven into, to stick to. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 1; Pesik. R. s. 10, beg. (ref. to Prov. XV, 19) as the thorn מִתְחַדֶּקֶת בבגדיו וכ׳ sticks to the garments &c.