"pinprick" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pinpricks [plural]
Etymology: pin + prick Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pin|prick}} pin + prick Head templates: {{en-noun}} pinprick (plural pinpricks)
  1. An insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point. Translations (an insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point): леко убождане (leko uboždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Nadelstich [masculine] (German), прокол (prokol) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pinprick-en-noun-MsoX3s2h Disambiguation of 'an insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point': 97 1 2
  2. A mildly annoying wound or damage. Translations (a mildly annoying wound or damage): дребна неприятност (drebna neprijatnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-pinprick-en-noun-nLi9XB0G Disambiguation of 'a mildly annoying wound or damage': 1 98 1
  3. A very tiny dot.
    Sense id: en-pinprick-en-noun-AaHZqbDb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pin-prick

Verb [English]

Forms: pinpricks [present, singular, third-person], pinpricking [participle, present], pinpricked [participle, past], pinpricked [past]
Etymology: pin + prick Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pin|prick}} pin + prick Head templates: {{en-verb}} pinprick (third-person singular simple present pinpricks, present participle pinpricking, simple past and past participle pinpricked)
  1. (transitive) To produce a jabbing sensation, like a pinprick, in. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pinprick-en-verb-Y-iRM9Mn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 8 3 64 11
  2. (transitive) To puncture with a tiny hole or holes. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pinprick-en-verb-oj88y5gR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pin-prick

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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