as in to pierce
to cause or experience an unpleasant feeling that is like the feeling of having many small, sharp points against your skin
The burrs were prickling my arm. The wool sweater prickled my skin.
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Recent Examples of prickle
Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Whitefish salad prickling with chile and festooned with great tufts of cilantro.
—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Researchers at Cornell University, meanwhile, eradicated prickles in an Australian fruit plant known as the desert raisin.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2024
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Verb
Discomfort, such as a prickling sensation, at the site of the bite is also possible.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Whitefish salad prickling with chile and festooned with great tufts of cilantro.
—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
Pain might flicker, flash, prickle, drill, lancinate, pinch, cramp, tug, scald, sear, or itch.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Researchers at Cornell University, meanwhile, eradicated prickles in an Australian fruit plant known as the desert raisin.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2024
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Verb
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Leaky Penetrations Houses are pierced with various penetrations, including outdoor water faucets, bathroom exhausts, chimneys, soil stacks, and wires.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
16 Jan. 2026
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Check the product for rough edges that could potentially pierce the skin.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Ground beef price spike is blamed on several factors, most prevalent weather and drought.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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How robots detect pain and trigger instant reflexes If force exceeds a preset threshold, the skin generates a high-voltage spike that goes straight to the motors.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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The actress hasn't spoken publicly about her dating life, aside from a few TikTok videos poking fun at her singleness.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Continue reading … POLITICS POLITICAL THEATER – Vance reposts meme poking fun at Democrats' Jan 6 candlelight vigil.—
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FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The House Oversight Committee’s first hearing on the Minnesota fraud scandal was complete with lawmakers pointing fingers and exchanging barbs in heated exchanges.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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The barbs have come from both sides of the political spectrum.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The last of them, in particular, away to his previous club Atalanta three days earlier, stung Gasperini.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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January 20 – February 18 When pride stings, compassion clears the air.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Jan. 2026
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But barring an unexpected snag in negotiations, the Giants are primed to land a coach who made a dozen postseason appearances and won 180 regular-season games in Baltimore.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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But efforts to champion tenant protections hit a major snag Tuesday when a controversial rent control proposal died in the Assembly Judiciary Committee.—
CalMatters,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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The rooms Wrought-iron beds, tiled floors, cut-work curtains that tickle shutters in the breeze.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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Incredibly, Joel takes a seat and begins to tenderly tickle the ivories.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
5 Jan. 2026
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Begin to erase the sticker off the wood.—
Kate Van Pelt,
The Spruce,
15 Jan. 2026
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Peffers said the motorist would also have the option of placing the sticker on the driver’s side windshield instead of just the back window.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Prickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prickle. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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