pinprick

¹pin·prick

noun \ˈpin-ˌprik\

Definition of PINPRICK

1

: a small puncture made by or as if by a pin

2

: a petty irritation or annoyance

Examples of PINPRICK

1. He felt a pinprick in his leg.
2. <the nurse kindly put a decorated bandage over the pinprick from the injection>

First Known Use of PINPRICK

circa 1860

Related to PINPRICK

Synonyms: perforation, pinhole, prick, punch, puncture, stab

Related Words: gouge, groove, hollow; break, cut, gash, incision, laceration, notch, rent, rip, rupture, slash, slit, tear

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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