Usually means: Small, sharp, quick puncture sensation.
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  1. pinprick: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pinprick: Merriam-Webster
  3. pinprick: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pinprick: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pinprick: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pinprick: Vocabulary.com
  7. pinprick: Wordnik
  8. pinprick: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pinprick: Wiktionary
  10. pinprick: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pinprick: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pinprick: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. pinprick: Dictionary.com
  14. pinprick: Rhymezone
  15. pinprick: FreeDictionary.org
  16. pinprick: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. pinprick: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pinprick: Medical dictionary

(Note: See pinpricking as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  An insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point.
noun:  A mildly annoying wound or damage.
noun:  A very tiny dot.
verb:  (transitive) To produce a jabbing sensation, like a pinprick, in.
verb:  (transitive) To puncture with a tiny hole or holes.

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