prickle

[US]/'prɪk(ə)l/
[UK]/'prɪkl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a sharp point; a prickle on a plant; a stinging pain; a sensation like being pricked by a needle

vt. to prick like a needle; to poke; to cause a stinging pain

vi. to cause a stinging pain; to feel a stinging pain

Example Sentences

Kathleen felt a prickle of excitement.

a bush with prickles on

The scream sent a prickle down my spine.

the prickles of the gorse bushes.

She prickled all over.

A porcupine is covered with prickles.

the sound made her skin prickle with horror.

I hate the way the fibres prickle your skin.

Woollen clothes often prickle my skin.

The hairs on the back of my neck prickled with fear.

prickles of sweat had broken out along her backbone.

Her eyes prickled with unshed tears.

she prickled at the implication that she had led a soft and protected life.

Martial toxic injury, excitant toxic causes burn to prickle when eye ministry is toxic, a large number of lachrymation reach palpebral convulsion;

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