Prickle Definition

prĭkəl
prickled, prickles, prickling
noun
prickles
Any sharp point; specif., a small, sharply pointed spine lacking vascular tissue and growing from the tissue under the outer layer of a plant.
Webster's New World
A spine, thorn, or other small sharp structure.
American Heritage Medicine
A prickly sensation; stinging or tingling.
Webster's New World

A kind of willow basket.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
prickled, prickles, prickling
To tingle.
Webster's New World
To prick, as with a spine or thorn.
Webster's New World
To cause to feel a tingling sensation.
Webster's New World
To rise or stand up like prickles.
The hair on my neck prickled.
American Heritage Medicine
To cause a tingling or pricking sensation in.
Tears prickled my eyes.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
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Other Word Forms of Prickle

Noun

Singular:
prickle
Plural:
prickles

Origin of Prickle

  • Middle English prikel from Old English pricel

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Prickle Sentence Examples

  • Cool air made all the skin of her naked body prickle.

  • He could feel a strange prickle of awareness, an unease which wasn't coming from him.

  • Bursaria spinosa Australian boxthorn A man developed squamous carcinoma of the skin of the forehead at the site of a boxthorn prickle puncture injury.

  • The swans emerge suddenly from under his bed - I felt the hair on the back of my neck prickle.

  • Sounding dustier than ever Gil's cracked honey voice still possesses an urgency of spirit that can make goose bumps prickle on your back.

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