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prickler

prickler noun: that which prickles.

Noun

prickler (plural pricklers)

  1. That which prickles.
    • The tree did not react, but that was positive. It was a prickler, with many sharply barbed leaves.2003, Piers Anthony, Key to Chroma, page 376

Forms of prickler

pluralpricklers

Origin of prickler

From prickle + -er.

Questions about prickler

What does prickler mean?
Prickler means that which prickles.
What part of speech is prickler?
Prickler is a noun.
What is the plural of prickler?
The plural of prickler is pricklers.

Words near prickler in the dictionary

  1. prickled
  2. pricklefish
  3. pricklefishes
  4. prickleless
  5. pricklelike
  6. prickler
  7. pricklers
  8. prickles
  9. pricklesome
  10. prickless
  11. pricklet

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