prickle
English
Pronunciation
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Noun
prickle (plural prickles)
- A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
- A kind of willow basket.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
- (UK, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.
Derived terms
Translations
A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn
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A tingling sensation of mild discomfort
Verb
prickle (third-person singular simple present prickles, present participle prickling, simple past and past participle prickled)
- (intransitive) To feel a prickle.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel a prickle; to prick.
- 2014, J. S. Eades, Promises and Other Broken Things (page 400)
- Guilt prickled me. It was about to get much worse.
- 2014, J. S. Eades, Promises and Other Broken Things (page 400)
Translations
to feel a prickle
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to cause someone to feel a prickle
Anagrams
German
Verb
prickle
- (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of prickeln.
- (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of prickeln.
- (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of prickeln.
- (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of prickeln.
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