pricklenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈprɪk.əl/us/ˈprɪk.əl/one of several thin, sharp points that stick out of a plant or animal:
The fruit can be eaten once the prickles have been removed.
a feeling as if a lot of little points are sticking into your body:
I felt a hot prickle of embarrassment spread across my cheeks.
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The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals
- -haired
- alpaca
- coat
- coated
- coney
- cony
- dander
- hairless
- hairy
- ivory
- mink
- plumage
- plumule
- ruff
- sealskin
- spinneret
- spiny
- whisker
- wire-haired
- wool
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prickleverb
uk/ˈprɪk.əl/us/ˈprɪk.əl/[ T ] If thin, sharp objects prickle you, they cause slight pain by touching against your skin:
She lay on the grass and the stiff dry grass prickled the back of her legs.
[ I ] If part of your body prickles, it feels as if a lot of sharp points are touching it because you are frightened or excited:
Turner started to be worried and felt the back of his neck prickle.
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Skin complaints & blemishes
- boil
- calloused
- capillary telangiectasia
- cradle cap
- crusta lactea
- dandruff
- diaper rash
- hive
- jaundice
- jaundiced
- pimple
- pitted
- pustule
- rash
- scabby
- scar
- sinus
- spotty
- ulcerated
- verruca
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