prickle
pronunciation
How to pronounce prickle in British English:
UK [ˈprɪkl]
How to pronounce prickle in American English:
US [ˈprɪkəl]
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- Noun:
- a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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- Verb:
- cause a prickling sensation
- cause a stinging or tingling sensation
- make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
Word Origin
- prickle (n.)
- Old English pricel "thing to prick with, goad, point," from the same source as Old English prician (see prick (v.)) with instrumental suffix -el (1). Compare Middle Low German prickel, Dutch prikkel.
Example
- 1. Prickle want to be friends with no one .
- 2. Turner started to be worried and felt the back of his neck prickle .
- 3. She felt the prickle of his beard against her face .
- 4. I felt a hot prickle of embarrassment spread across my cheeks .
- 5. The closer she got the lower the temperature became the nerves in her brain began to prickle firing warnings .