1. A somatic sensation as from many tiny stings
   "She felt a prickling in her feet as circulation returned";
   - tingle, tingling

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: pricklings

Type of: itch, pierce, prick, somaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia [N. Amer], sting, twinge

Encyclopedia: Prickle