pinprick

See also: pin-prick

English

Alternative forms

• pin-prick

Etymology

pin +‎ prick

Noun

pinprick (plural pinpricks)

1. An insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point.
2. A mildly annoying wound or damage.

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: speldenprik (nl) m
• German: Nadelstich (de) m
• Greek: βελονιά (el) f (veloniá)
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• Hungarian: tűszúrás (hu)
• Spanish: pinchazo m, piquete (es) m

Verb

pinprick (third-person singular simple present pinpricks, present participle pinpricking, simple past and past participle pinpricked)

1. (transitive) To produce a jabbing sensation, like a pinprick, in.

   The water pinpricked her face as she stepped into the shower.

2. (transitive) To puncture.
   • 2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 164:

     He had always had to repress the urge to pinprick her enthusiasms.