1. A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
   "The rose's prickles caught on her sleeve as she pruned the bush";
   - spine, thorn, pricker
    
2. A tingling or slightly painful sensation
   "She felt a prickle of fear run down her spine"

1. Cause a prickling sensation
   "The nettles prickled her skin";
   - prick
    
2. Cause a stinging or tingling sensation
   "The spicy food prickled on her tongue";
   - tingle
    
3. Make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
   "She prickled the fabric to mark the sewing line";
   - prick

Derived forms: prickling, prickles, prickled

Type of: aculeus, itch, pierce, prick, sting, twinge

Encyclopedia: Prickle