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Pinprick (Noun)

Meaning 1

A minor annoyance.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Hypernyms

  • Botheration
  • Vexation
  • Annoyance

Meaning 2

Small puncture (as if made by a pin).

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Examples

  • The doctor carefully cleaned and bandaged the pinprick on her finger after the accident.
  • A small pinprick of blood appeared on his skin where the mosquito had bitten him.
  • The pinprick wound on her hand was so tiny that it was almost invisible.
  • The nurse gave the child a lollipop to distract her from the pinprick of the vaccination needle.
  • After stepping on a thorn, he felt a sharp pinprick of pain in his foot.
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