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noun
1.
a sharp point.
2.
a small, pointed process growing from the bark of a plant.
3.
a sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal; a spine.
4.
a pricking sensation.
verb (used with object)
5.
to prick lightly.
6.
to cause a pricking or tingling sensation in.
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verb (used without object)
7.
to tingle as if pricked.
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| prickle (ˈprɪkəl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | botany Compare thorn a pointed process arising from the outer layer of a stem, leaf, etc, and containing no woody or conducting tissue |
| 2. | a pricking or stinging sensation |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to feel or cause to feel a stinging sensation |
| 4. | (tr) to prick, as with a thorn |
| [Old English pricel; related to Middle Low German prekel, German Prickel] | |
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Word Origin & History
prickle
O.E. pricel "thing to prick with," from the same source as O.E. prician (see prick) with W.Gmc. instrumental suffix *-islja (cf. M.L.G. prickel, Du. prikkel). Prickly "spiny, armed with prickles" is from 1578 (originally of holly leaves); fig. sense of "irritable" first recorded
EXPAND1862. Prickly heat is from 1736, so called for the sensation; prickly pear is from 1760.
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