"prickle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹɪkəl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prickle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: prickles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} prickle (plural prickles)
  1. A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn. Translations (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn): шип (šip) [masculine] (Bulgarian), бодил (bodil) [masculine] (Bulgarian), трън (trǎn) (Bulgarian), 芒刺 (mángcì) (Chinese Mandarin), (cì) (Chinese Mandarin), trn [masculine] (Czech), osten [masculine] (Czech), bodlina [feminine] (Czech), pig [common-gender] (Danish), prikkel [masculine] (Dutch), stekel [masculine] (Dutch), dorentje [neuter] (Dutch), okas (Estonian), oga (Estonian), oka (Finnish), piikki (Finnish), épine [feminine] (French), ეკალი (eḳali) (Georgian), Stachel [masculine] (German), Dorn [masculine] (German), colg [masculine] (Irish), とげ (toge) (Japanese), Stickel [German-Low-German, masculine] (Low German), Prickel [German-Low-German, masculine] (Low German), Angel [German-Low-German, masculine] (Low German), Steker [German-Low-German, masculine] (Low German), ngita (Maori), pūngitangita (Maori), pūtangitangi (Maori), ایكنه (iğne) (Ottoman Turkish), kolec [masculine] (Polish), ferrão [masculine] (Portuguese), spin [masculine] (Romanian), колю́чка (koljúčka) [feminine] (Russian), шип (šip) [masculine] (Russian), dealg [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), aguijón [masculine] (Spanish), espina (Spanish), púa (Spanish), gai (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-prickle-en-noun-znlV~BHB Disambiguation of 'A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn': 94 4 1 0 1
  2. (botany) On various plants, such as roses and Vachellia, sharp, hard extensions of the cortex and epidermis, informally called "thorns" in colloquial speech. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-prickle-en-noun-h88qVRBe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 34 5 5 41 4 8 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. A tingling sensation of mild discomfort. Translations (A tingling sensation of mild discomfort): пробождане (proboždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 刺痛 (cìtòng) (Chinese Mandarin), brnění [neuter] (Czech), svrbění [neuter] (Czech), pistely (Finnish), колотьё (kolotʹjó) [neuter] (Russian), пока́лывание (pokályvanije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-prickle-en-noun-A8o3eoys Disambiguation of 'A tingling sensation of mild discomfort': 0 2 95 1 2
  4. A kind of willow basket.
    Sense id: en-prickle-en-noun-TtzjNzWp
  5. (UK, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds. Tags: UK, obsolete
    Sense id: en-prickle-en-noun-ynzChS~h Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 34 5 5 41 4 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: prickle cell, prickleless, pricklelike, prickleback, prickly

Verb

IPA: /pɹɪkəl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prickle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: prickles [present, singular, third-person], participle prickling [present], prickled [participle, past], prickled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} prickle (third-person singular simple present prickles, present participle prickling, simple past and past participle prickled)
  1. (intransitive) To feel a prickle. Tags: intransitive Translations (to feel a prickle): испы́тывать/ощуща́ть покалывание/колотьё (pokalyvanije) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-prickle-en-verb-ca6y77ls Disambiguation of 'to feel a prickle': 74 26
  2. (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel a prickle; to prick. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause someone to feel a prickle): prikkelen (Dutch), prickeln (German), prickeln [German-Low-German] (Low German), коло́ть (kolótʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уколо́ть (ukolótʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-prickle-en-verb-wXLG-kc~ Disambiguation of 'to cause someone to feel a prickle': 15 85

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
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          "_dis1": "94 4 1 0 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
          "word": "okas"
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          "_dis1": "94 4 1 0 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
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          "_dis1": "94 4 1 0 1",
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          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
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          ],
          "word": "épine"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 4 1 0 1",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "eḳali",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
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          "word": "Stachel"
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          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
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          "word": "Dorn"
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "colg"
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          "roman": "toge",
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          "word": "とげ"
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          "word": "Stickel"
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "Angel"
        },
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          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
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          "word": "Steker"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "iğne",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
          "word": "ایكنه"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kolec"
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          "_dis1": "94 4 1 0 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ferrão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 4 1 0 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spin"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 4 1 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "koljúčka",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "колю́чка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 4 1 0 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šip",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
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          ],
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dealg"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aguijón"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 4 1 0 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
          "word": "espina"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 4 1 0 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
          "word": "púa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 4 1 0 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn",
          "word": "gai"
        }
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        "(botany) On various plants, such as roses and Vachellia, sharp, hard extensions of the cortex and epidermis, informally called \"thorns\" in colloquial speech."
      ],
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        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
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        "A tingling sensation of mild discomfort."
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "proboždane",
          "sense": "A tingling sensation of mild discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "пробождане"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 2 95 1 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cìtòng",
          "sense": "A tingling sensation of mild discomfort",
          "word": "刺痛"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 2 95 1 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "A tingling sensation of mild discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "brnění"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "A tingling sensation of mild discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "svrbění"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "A tingling sensation of mild discomfort",
          "word": "pistely"
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          "roman": "kolotʹjó",
          "sense": "A tingling sensation of mild discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "колотьё"
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          "roman": "pokályvanije",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "ref": "1851, Henry Mayhew, “Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor",
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        "(UK, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds."
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        "To feel a prickle."
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        "(intransitive) To feel a prickle."
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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      "word": "gai"
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      "word": "刺痛"
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": oščuščátʹ vs. pokalyvanije",
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    "prickle"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "prickle",
  "trace": ""
}

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