pinprick
pinprick
Definition
pin·prick (pin′prik′)
noun
- any tiny puncture made by or as by a pin
- a minor irritation or annoyance
pinprick
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- light: The end of the tunnel is coming in sight; Just ahead you can see a pinprick of light.
- blood: If your platelet count is low you could also get blood blisters or a rash that looks like pinpricks of blood under the skin.
- bile: A pinprick of vicious bile 25 March 2006 @ 23:13 Permalink I feel sorry for my poor wife.
Converse of object
- see: The end of the tunnel is coming in sight; Just ahead you can see a pinprick of light.
- compare: But these are pinpricks compared to the overall impression of England's dismal performances in the past two games.
- use: Research has shown that the ice is a better method of ascertaining a complete numbness that using a pinprick.
Adjective modifier
- tiny: In a drawer, facedown, your photo lies, with tiny pinpricks in the corners.
- small: The needles are inserted rapidly into the key acupuncture points, and this should feel like a small pinprick at most.
- hot: When the light is emitted there is a sharp sensation of a hot pinprick.
Modifies a noun
Browse dictionary entries near pinprick
- pinpoint
- pinot noir
- Pinot Grigio
- pinot chardonnay
- pinot
- pinole
- pinocytosis
- pinochle
- pinny
- pinnule
