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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)

  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 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

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Questions about pinpricked

What is pinpricked the simple past and past participle of?
Pinpricked is the simple past and past participle of pinprick.

Words near pinpricked in the dictionary

  1. pinpointer
  2. pinpointers
  3. pinpointing
  4. pinpoints
  5. pinprick
  6. pinpricked
  7. pinpricking
  8. pinpricks
  9. pinquito
  10. pinquitos
  11. pinrail

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