pinprick

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point.

2. 2

   A mildly annoying wound or damage.

3. 3

   A very tiny dot.

   • The stars were pinpricks of light in a clear night sky.
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   1. 4

      To produce a jabbing sensation, like a pinprick, in.

      • The water pinpricked her face as she stepped into the shower.
   2. 5

      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.
      • He had always had to repress the urge to pinprick her enthusiasms.

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