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Definition of Pinprick
1. Noun. A minor annoyance.
2. Noun. Small puncture (as if made by a pin).
Definition of Pinprick
1. Noun. An insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point. ¹
2. Noun. A mildly annoying wound or damage. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To produce a jabbing sensation like a pinprick. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pinprick
1. to puncture with a pin [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinprick
Literary usage of Pinprick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"The left side of the scrotum, left side of the perineum, and the left buttock
near the anus have fully normal sensation to touch and pinprick;8 whereas the ..."
2. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by John William Mackail (1906)
"... and what remains is infinite on through Hades : what share is left for life
but the bigness of a pinprick, and tinier than a pinprick if such there be? ..."
3. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"Out of the hot, dark earth they come—in pinprick bubbles that sputter and spit,
in little fairy fountains that spread their gauze over the rocks, ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"European cultivation or forest-clearing in the Nyasa basin is as a pinprick on
the map. I have no hesitation in saying that this has no bearing on the fall ..."
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