prickle
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹɪkəl/
Noun
prickle (plural prickles)
- A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
- A kind of willow basket.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
- (Britain, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
prickle (third-person singular simple present prickles, present participle prickling, simple past and past participle prickled)
- (intransitive) To feel a prickle.
- (transitive) To cause someone to feel a prickle.
Translations
to feel a prickle
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