noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A sensation that prickles.

   "The patient reported intermittent pricklings down his right-hand side."

2. 2
   a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of prickle form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

buzzitchpins and needlespricklepricklysting

Example

More examples

"I have a prickling sensation in my left eye."

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