PRICKLE meaning: Sharp, small point causing irritation

We found 32 dictionaries that define the word prickle:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

prickle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
prickle: Merriam-Webster
prickle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
prickle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
prickle: Collins English Dictionary
prickle: Vocabulary.com
Prickle, prickle: Wordnik
prickle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
prickle: Wiktionary
prickle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
prickle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
prickle: Infoplease Dictionary
Prickle, prickle: Dictionary.com
prickle: Online Etymology Dictionary
prickle: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Prickle (botany), Prickle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Prickle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
prickle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
prickle: Rhymezone
Prickle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
prickle: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
prickle: FreeDictionary.org
prickle: Mnemonic Dictionary
prickle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

prickle: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)
prickle: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)

Botanical Terms (No longer online)
Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Prickle: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
▸ noun:  (botany) On various plants, such as roses and Vachellia, sharp, hard extensions of the cortex and epidermis, informally called "thorns" in colloquial speech.
▸ noun:  A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
▸ noun:  A kind of willow basket.
▸ noun:  (UK, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.
▸ noun:  (collective) A group of hedgehogs or porcupines.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To feel a prickle.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel a prickle; to prick.

Similar:

prick, tingle, thorn, spine, pricker, stickle, prickly, pricklet, spickle, prod, more...

Opposite:

smooth, soft, flat, even

Types:

thorn, spine, bur, cactus needle, briar, more...

Phrases:

prickle cell, prickle cells, prickle weed, prickle cell layer, skin prickle, more...

Adjectives:

little, small, short, sharp, cold, strong, slight, first, sudden, slender, recurved

Colors:

olive, chartreuse, lime, fern, sage, more...