Thesaurus results for PRICKLE

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verb

Definition of prickle

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

Verb

People with peripheral neuropathy may experience pins and needles sensations, such as tingling and prickling, in their extremities. — Laura Dorwart, Health, 22 Dec. 2025 It is spread to people and pets through the bites and scratches of an infected animal, and first symptoms may include flu, weakness, discomfort, fever, headache, as well as a prickling sensation at the site of the wound, before turning into more severe disease after around two weeks. — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025

Noun

His masochistic affair with Isabella is the one that makes your skin prickle. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026 Both the plant's stems and leaflets have small barbs and wading through a sea of these prickles is not fun, Drews said. — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 24 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prickle

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prickle

Verb

Pour the bean mixture into airtight freezer bags pierced the tip of a knife to create air holes.

— Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
One item that wasn’t returned was his 3-year-old daughter’s car seat, which had been pierced by a bullet.

— Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of pierce

Noun

But the problem with that is covering a railroad spike with solder wouldn’t change it very much.

— Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images A sharp spike in bond yields wasn’t enough to drag down stocks last week, even as traders increasingly bet that the Federal Reserve would issue more rate hikes this year.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of spike

Verb

Sometimes only the tips of the reeds and the seed heads were visible, poking above the murky water, and other times the reeds stood fully exposed, with a clear view of crabs clambering around their bases.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Video posted to social media showed one car nearly submerged, with just its sunroof poking above the water, as people moved other vehicles farther from the rising tides.

— Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of poke

Noun

Her barbs are sharp enough to bring even Regina George to tears.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
But while politicians trade barbs, residents in Rio de Janeiro have been designing their own responses, with ex-traffickers launching podcasts and grieving mothers stepping up to stop youth recruitment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of barb

Verb

General Mills spun off Darden Restaurants in 1995, and then Darden sold Red Lobster in 2014, in a deal with the private equity firm Golden Gate Capital that still stings many veterans to this day.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Frazier was a Black sharecropper’s son who’d overcome much hardship, and the insults stung.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of sting

Verb

The bug’s head, covered in a hijab, will be in one room, and its feet, which some might be tempted to tickle, will be in another.

— Siran Babayan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Community members will once again be able to tickle the ivories in Blaney Plaza, thanks to a piano that was donated for public use last month.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

Definition of tickle

Noun

The private members club has become synonymous with its private parties where guest lists are heavily under wraps and mobile phones are taped with a sticker at the door.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Players will also wear a sticker on their helmets honoring Cox for the remainder of the season.

— Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026

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