pinprick

pinprick
Synonyms and related words:
a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, bagatelle, bauble, bean, bibelot, bit, brass farthing, button, cent, curio, cursoriness, epidermis, exteriority, farce, farthing, feather, fig, fleabite, folderol, fribble, frippery, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack, gloss, hair, halfpenny, hill of beans, jest, joke, kickshaw, knickknack, knickknackery, mere scratch, minikin, mockery, molehill, no depth, no water, peppercorn, picayune, pin, pinch of snuff, rap, red cent, rind, row of pins, rush, scratch, shallowness, shit, shoaliness, skin, slightness, snap, sneeshing, sou, straw, superficiality, superficies, surface, toy, trifle, trinket, triviality, tuppence, two cents, twopence, veneer, whim-wham

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  • pinprick — (n.) 1862, from PIN (Cf. pin) (n.) + PRICK (Cf. prick) (n.). Used figuratively of petty irritations from 1885 …   Etymology dictionary

  • pinprick — ► NOUN 1) a prick caused by a pin. 2) a very small dot or amount …   English terms dictionary

  • pinprick — [pin′prik΄] n. 1. any tiny puncture made by or as by a pin 2. a minor irritation or annoyance …   English World dictionary

  • pinprick — UK [ˈpɪnˌprɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms pinprick : singular pinprick plural pinpricks 1) a quick pain that you feel when a needle is pushed into your skin 2) a very small round spot of something a pinprick of light …   English dictionary

  • pinprick — pin|prick [ˈpınˌprık] n 1.) a very small area or ↑dot of something pinprick of ▪ a pinprick of light 2.) a very small hole in something, similar to one made by a pin 3.) something that slightly annoys you ▪ These problems were pinpricks compared… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pinprick — [[t]pɪ̱nprɪk[/t]] pinpricks also pin prick, pin prick N COUNT: with supp A very small spot of something can be described as a pinprick. ...a pinprick of light... She looked up at me with pinpricks of sweat along her hairline …   English dictionary

  • pinprick — 1. noun a) An insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point. b) A mildly annoying wound or damage. 2. verb To produce a jabbing sensation like a pinprick. The water pinpricked her face as she stepped into the shower …   Wiktionary

  • pinprick — noun (C) 1 (C) a very small area or dot of something (+ of): a pinprick of light 2 a very small hole in something, similar to one made by a pin 3 something that slightly annoys you …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • pinprick — /ˈpɪnprɪk/ (say pinprik) noun 1. any small puncture made by or as by a pin. 2. any petty annoyance. 3. the sensation of being pricked with or as with a pin: to feel a pinprick. –pinpricked, adjective –pinpricking, noun …  

  • pinprick — I. noun Date: circa 1860 1. a small puncture made by or as if by a pin 2. a petty irritation or annoyance II. verb Date: 1899 transitive verb to administer pinpricks to intransitive verb to administer pinpricks …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pinprick — /pin prik /, n. 1. any minute puncture made by a pin or the like. 2. a negligible irritation or annoyance. [1745 55; PIN + PRICK] * * * …   Universalium

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