pinpricknoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/ˈpɪn.prɪk/us/ˈpɪn.prɪk/pinprick noun [ C usually plural ] (HOLE/PAIN)
a very small hole in something where a pin or needle has been pushed into it, or a sudden pain where a pin or needle has been pushed into your skin:
There was a pinprick on his arm.
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Holes, hollows and dips
- aperture
- cleft
- cranny
- dent
- depression
- dimple
- dip
- donga
- eyehole
- intake
- orifice
- perforation
- pinhole
- pit
- porosity
- porous
- puncture
- riddled
- tear 1
- wormhole
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Pain & painful
pinprick noun [ C usually plural ] (SMALL AMOUNT)
a very small amount of something, especially light:
The darkness was broken by the odd pinprick of light.
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Words meaning small pieces and amounts
- by a nose idiom
- chip
- clipping
- crumb
- dollop
- droplet
- flake
- germ
- jot
- nose
- pat
- patch
- pennyworth
- pinpoint
- ray
- scattering
- scintilla
- shadow
- shard
- shred
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Quantities & units of light
pinprick noun [ C usually plural ] (PROBLEM)
something that is slightly annoying for a short time:
You have to ignore the pinpricks and just get on with the job.
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Inconvenience
- a pain (in the neck) idiom
- a pain in the arse/backside idiom
- aggravation
- aggro
- awkward
- bore
- disturbance
- drag
- fuss
- hassle
- have fun and games idiom
- imposition
- inconvenience
- pisser
- put sb out
- put yourself out
- rigmarole
- snag
- storm
- tempest
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