pin-pricked

adjective

Having been pricked by a pin; having a pin stuck through.

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Meanings

adjectivepin-pricked (comparative more pin-pricked, superlative most pin-pricked)

comparative more pin-pricked · superlative most pin-pricked

  1. Having been pricked by a pin; having a pin stuck through.

    [B]ut Gillespie was too tough or insensitive to feel the lethal waves sent out from his pin-pricked image.

    1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 37
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APA

pin-pricked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pin-pricked

MLA

“pin-pricked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pin-pricked. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pin-pricked,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pin-pricked.

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