pinprick
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noun \ˈpin-ˌprik\Definition of PINPRICK
1
: a small puncture made by or as if by a pin
2
: a petty irritation or annoyance
See Examples of PINPRICK
- He felt a pinprick in his leg.
- <the nurse kindly put a decorated bandage over the pinprick from the injection>
First Known Use of PINPRICK
circa 1860
Rhymes with PINPRICK
airsick, big stick, bluetick, bootlick, boychick, brainsick, broomstick, carsick, Chadwick, chick flick, chopstick, cowlick, crabstick, dabchick, deer tick, detick, dik-dik, dipstick, dog tick, drop-kick, drumstick, ear pick, firebrick, fish stick, flagstick, Fosdick, free kick, frog kick, goal kick, goldbrick, greensick, handpick, hat trick, hayrick, heartsick, homesick, ice pick, joss stick, joystick, lipstick, lovesick, matchstick, muzhik, nightstick, nitpick, nonstick, nutpick, odd trick, oil slick, Old Nick, outslick, peacenik, pigstick, placekick, Prestwick, quick kick, redbrick, Renwick, rubric, salt lick, seasick, self-stick, shashlik, sidekick, slapstick, squib kick, Tajik, toothpick, topkick, unpick, unstick, uptick, wood tick, yardstick
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verbDefinition of PINPRICK
transitive verb
: to administer pinpricks to
intransitive verb
: to administer pinpricks
First Known Use of PINPRICK
1899
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