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prickle
[ prik-uhl ]
noun
- a sharp point.
- a small, pointed process growing from the bark of a plant.
- a sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal; a spine.
- a pricking sensation.
verb (used with object)
- to prick lightly.
- to cause a pricking or tingling sensation in.
verb (used without object)
- to tingle as if pricked.
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Other Words From
- un·prickled adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prickle1
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Example Sentences
For an hour or two, exile became a notion rather than a perpetual prickle in the stomach.
Variable œdema of the prickle layer and of the cutis is found.
I felt the prickle of my skin, the stiffening of my hair, as well as the cold tingling thrills along my veins.
The wild Dog-rose is still the "canker" in the speech of the old people, and a thorn or prickle is still a "bush."
Sane as Kenset was, as cool and self-contained, he could not repress a cold prickle of resentment at that memory.
Fake though he knew it to be, Cleek could not repress a swift rush and prickle of "goose-flesh" at sight of it.
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