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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)
, prick·led, prick·ling.
- to prick lightly.
- to cause a pricking or tingling sensation in.
verb (used without object)
, prick·led, prick·ling.
- to tingle as if pricked.
prickle
/ ˈprɪkəl /
noun
- botany a pointed process arising from the outer layer of a stem, leaf, etc, and containing no woody or conducting tissue Compare thorn
- a pricking or stinging sensation
verb
- to feel or cause to feel a stinging sensation
- tr to prick, as with a thorn
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- un·prickled adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prickle1
Old English pricel; related to Middle Low German prekel, German Prickel
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Example Sentences
For an hour or two, exile became a notion rather than a perpetual prickle in the stomach.
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Variable œdema of the prickle layer and of the cutis is found.
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I felt the prickle of my skin, the stiffening of my hair, as well as the cold tingling thrills along my veins.
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The wild Dog-rose is still the "canker" in the speech of the old people, and a thorn or prickle is still a "bush."
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Sane as Kenset was, as cool and self-contained, he could not repress a cold prickle of resentment at that memory.
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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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