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pinprick

[ pin-prik ]

noun

  1. any minute puncture made by a pin or the like.
  2. a negligible irritation or annoyance.


pinprick

/ ˈɪˌɪ /

noun

  1. a slight puncture made by or as if by a pin
  2. a small irritation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to puncture with or as if with a pin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of pinprick1

First recorded in 1745–55; pin + prick
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"Nowadays, we literally need a pinprick size amount of blood or any other cellular material to be able to get a full profile."

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It’s death by a thousand pinpricks, a succession of small indignities.

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The blast created a mini-sandstorm that pelted the gallery of patrons like a million pinpricks.

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Specifically, they can unfold a single proton into multiple higher dimensions, enabling them to print computer circuits with the surface area of a planet onto a particle smaller than a pinprick.

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But Jackson ignored the sounds and the smells and the pinpricks of pain.

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