pinprick
pinprick noun: an insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point.
Noun
pinprick (plural pinpricks)
Verb
pinprick (third-person singular simple present pinpricks, present participle pinpricking, simple past and past participle pinpricked)
- To produce a jabbing sensation, like a pinprick, in.
- The water pinpricked her face as she stepped into the shower.
- To puncture with a tiny hole or holes.
- By now it was dark, velvety dark with a moon, a darkness pinpricked by the lights from the landing place now drawing rapidly closer.1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 144
- He had always had to repress the urge to pinprick her enthusiasms.2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 164
pinprick meaning in Tamil
pinprick in Tamil
- சிறு தொல்லை, சிறுகுத்தல், சிறுதொல்லை
Forms of pinprick
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pinpricks |
| alternative form | pin-prick |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | pinpricks |
| present participle | pinpricking |
| past participle | pinpricked |
| past | pinpricked |
Origin of pinprick
From pin + prick.
Questions about pinprick
- What does pinprick mean?
- Pinprick means an insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point.
- What is pinprick in Tamil?
- Pinprick in Tamil is சிறு தொல்லை, சிறுகுத்தல், சிறுதொல்லை. See Pinprick meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pinprick?
- Pinprick can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of pinprick?
- The plural of pinprick is pinpricks.
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