pinpricked
pinpricked is the simple past and past participle of pinprick.
Meaning of pinprick
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
Questions about pinpricked
- What is pinpricked the simple past and past participle of?
- Pinpricked is the simple past and past participle of pinprick.
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