Definition of Pinpricking

1. Verb. (present participle of pinprick) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pinpricking

1. pinprick [v] - See also: pinprick

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinpricking

pinotage
pinots
pinout
pinouts
pinpatch
pinpatches
pinpoint
pinpoint(a)
pinpointable
pinpointed
pinpointedly
pinpointing
pinpoints
pinprick
pinpricked
pinpricking (current term)
pinpricks
pins and needles
pinscher
pinschers
pinscreen
pinscreens
pinsetter
pinsetters
pinspotter
pinspotters
pinstripe
pinstripe(a)
pinstriped
pinstriper

Literary usage of Pinpricking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. I, Mary MacLane: A Diary of Human Days by Mary MacLane (1917)
"It comes from the want of minute lifelong pinpricking care of petticoats and potted plants—a detailed intensely personal sort of pain which touches dull ..."

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