prickle

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

prickle [prickle prickles prickled prickling] verb, noun BrE [ˈprɪkl] NAmE [ˈprɪkl]
verb
1. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to give sb an unpleasant feeling on their skin, as if a lot of small sharp points are pushing into it
•The rough cloth prickled my skin.
•His moustache prickled when he kissed me.
2. intransitive ~ (with sth) (of skin, eyes, etc.)to sting or feel strange and unpleasant because you are frightened, angry, excited, etc
•Her eyes prickled with tears.
•The thought made her prickle with excitement.
•The hairs on the back of my neck prickled when I heard the door open.
• (figurative)He prickled (= became angry) at the suggestion that it had been his fault.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English pricel ‘instrument for pricking, sensation of being pricked’; related to Middle Dutch prickel, from the Germanic base of ↑prick. The verb is partly a diminutive of the verb ↑prick.
 
noun
1. a small sharp part on the ↑stem or leaf of a plant or on the skin of some animals
•a cactus covered in prickles
2. a slight stinging feeling on the skin
•a prickle of fear/excitement

Word Origin:
Old English pricel ‘instrument for pricking, sensation of being pricked’; related to Middle Dutch prickel, from the Germanic base of ↑prick. The verb is partly a diminutive of the verb ↑prick.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  spine, thorn, pricker, sticker, spikelet, prick, tingle